defection

defection
Synonyms and related words:
abandonment, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alienation, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, backsliding, bad debt, betrayal, betterment, blemish, bolt, break, breakaway, bug, catch, change, change of heart, changeableness, constructive change, continuity, conversion, crack, crossing-over, default, defect, deficiency, degeneration, degenerative change, delinquence, delinquency, dereliction, deserter, desertion, deterioration, deviation, difference, disaffection, discontinuity, dishonor, dishonoring, disloyalty, disownment, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, divorce, drawback, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, falseness, fault, faute, fitting, flaw, flip-flop, foible, forsaking, frailty, going over, gradual change, hole, imperfection, improvement, inadequacy, infirmity, kink, little problem, melioration, mitigation, modification, modulation, nondischarge of debts, nonpayment, nonremittal, overthrow, parting, problem, protest, protested bill, qualification, radical change, ratting, re-creation, realignment, recidivation, recidivism, recreancy, redesign, reform, reformation, rejection, remaking, renewal, renunciation, repudiation, reshaping, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, rift, runout, schism, secession, separation, shift, shortcoming, snag, something missing, sudden change, switch, taint, tergiversation, total change, transition, treason, turn, turnabout, turning traitor, uncollectible, upheaval, variation, variety, violent change, vulnerable place, walkout, weak link, weak point, weakness, worsening

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  • défection — [ defɛksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1680; « éclipse » XIIIe; lat. defectio, de deficere → défectif 1 ♦ Abandon (par qqn) d une cause, d un parti. ⇒ désertion. Défection générale, massive. On signale la défection de nombreux militants. Faire défection :… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • defection — defection, desertion, apostasy mean an abandonment that involves the breaking of a moral or legal bond or tie and that is highly culpable from the point of view of the person, cause, or party abandoned. Defection emphasizes both the fact of one s …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • défection — DÉFECTION. s. f. Abandonnement d un parti auquel on est lié. Il se dit De sujets qui abandonnent leur Prince, de troupes qui abandonnent leur Général, d alliés qui abandonnent leurs alliés. Apres la défection de ces troupes, il ne fut plus en… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Defection — De*fec tion, n. [L. defectio: cf. F. d[ e]fection. See {Defect}.] Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • defection — Defection. s. f. Revolte, rebellion, soustraction de l obeïssance deuë. Il ne se dit guere qu en parlant des Troupes lorsqu elles se mutinent & abandonnent le service. Aprés la defection de ses troupes, il ne fut plus en estat de disputer l… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Defection — Defection, lat., Abfall; Schwäche …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • defection — index abandonment (desertion), abjuration, absence (nonattendance), bad faith, dereliction, desertion …   Law dictionary

  • defection — 1540s, action of failing; 1550s, action of deserting a party, leader, etc. from L. defectionem (nom. defectio) desertion, revolt, failure, noun of action from pp. stem of deficere (see DEFICIENT (Cf. deficient)). Originally used often of faith …   Etymology dictionary

  • defection — [n] abandonment alienation, apostasy, backsliding, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, disownment, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, forsaking, lack, parting, rebellion, recreancy, rejection,… …   New thesaurus

  • defection — [dē fek′shən, difek′shən] n. [L defectio < defectus: see DEFECT] 1. abandonment of loyalty, duty, or principle; desertion 2. the act of defecting from one s country 3. a failing or failure …   English World dictionary

  • Defection — Defector redirects here. For other uses, see Defector (disambiguation). In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state or political entity in exchange for allegiance to another. More broadly, it involves abandoning a… …   Wikipedia

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