Defection Definition

dēfekzhən, difekzhən
defections
noun
defections
Abandonment of loyalty, duty, or principle; desertion.
Webster's New World
The act of defecting from one's country.
Webster's New World
A failing or failure.
Webster's New World

An act or incidence of defecting.

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Noun

Singular:
defection
Plural:
defections

Defection Sentence Examples

  • His defection from the Epicurean school is almost unique.

  • Jerusalem, near the Egyptian frontier, was an important point, and in one of its internal revolutions Antiochus saw, perhaps not without reason, a defection to the Egyptian side.

  • The defection of his favorite son John gave Henry his deathblow, and Philip Augustus found himself confronted by a new Phil!

  • A renewed defection, inspired apparently by aversion to the aristocratic government of the Walls Of Mantineia.

  • Paul seems to have been taken aback by the news of the Galatians' defection.

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DDEDEF

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NONION

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