DEFECTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
   Synonym(s)
   • abandonment (what does abandonment mean?)
   • desertion (what does desertion mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
   Hypernyms(s) defection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • withdrawal (what does withdrawal mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • abscondment (what does abscondment mean?)
   • decampment (what does decampment mean?)
   • absence without leave (what does absence without leave mean?)
   • unauthorized absence (what does unauthorized absence mean?)
   • deviationism (what does deviationism mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • defect (what does defect mean?)
   • desert (what does desert mean?)
   • abandon (what does abandon mean?)
   • forsake (what does forsake mean?)
   • desolate (what does desolate mean?)
   • desert (what does desert mean?)
   • abandon (what does abandon mean?)
   • forsake (what does forsake mean?)
   • desolate (what does desolate mean?)
   • desert (what does desert mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
   Synonym(s)
   • apostasy (what does apostasy mean?)
   • renunciation (what does renunciation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) defection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rejection (what does rejection mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • defect (what does defect mean?)
   • desert (what does desert mean?)