apostasy Definition
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apostasy
noun
- apostasies
1. The relinquishment or rejection of one's religion or principles or of one's affiliation to a specified political party, etc.
- Thesaurus: perfidy, disloyalty, betrayal, renunciation, faithlessness, recreancy, heresy, defection, desertion, abandonment; Antonym: loyalty, orthodoxy.
