defection

Noun

Meaning

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; backsliding.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

apostasy abandonment renunciation desertion heresy forsaking failure separation divorce revolt rebellion withdrawal failing rejection treason
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Antonyms

wow faith accuracy confidence joining commitment
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Hypernyms

withdrawal rejection

Hyponyms

decampment abscondment absence without leave deviationism unauthorized absence

Related terms

deficit deficiency defect deficient defective defector

Examples

...not one rebel defection - not even Robert E. Lee's - cost young Adams a personal pang; but Sumner's struck home. Henry Adams

Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it. Stockwell Day

For a nice strategy to be collectively stable, it must be provoked by the very first defection of the other player. Robert Axelrod

The advice takes the form of four simple suggestions for how to do well in a durable iterated Prisoner's Dilemma:1. Don't be envious. 2. Don't be the first to defect. 3. Reciprocate both cooperation and defection. 4. Don't be too clever. Robert Axelrod

The effect of Pacepa's defection on Ceausescu's mental state was to destabilise him even more. He became quite crazy for a time and suffered a further, permanent loss of proportion. What talent there remained in his circle was removed in the whitch-hunt that followed the defection. John Sweeney (journalist)

his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

defectability defectibility defectible defectionism defectionist defectious