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Noun: defection  di'fek-shun
  1. Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
    - desertion, abandonment
     
  2. The state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favour of opposing beliefs or causes)
    - apostasy, renunciation

Derived forms: defections

See also: defect

Type of: rejection, withdrawal

Encyclopedia: Defection

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