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Verb: apostatize  u'pós-tu`tIz
  1. Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
    "the apostle shows that if a true Christian were to apostatize, nothing would remain for him but the terrific prospect of eternal condemnation"
    - apostatise [Brit], tergiversate

Derived forms: apostatizing, apostatizes, apostatized

See also: apostate

Type of: disown, renounce, repudiate

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