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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defection |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, dereliction, disaffection, estrangement, tergiversation |
| Main Entry: | desertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, absconding, apostasy, avoidance, backsliding, betrayal, castoff, defecting, departing, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, disavowal, disavowing, divorce, elusion, escape, evasion, falling away, falseness, flight, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retirement, retreat, running out on, secession, tergiversation, treachery, truancy, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help, staying |
| Main Entry: | disloyalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfaithfulness |
| Synonyms: | apostasy, bad faith, betrayal of trust, breach of trust, breaking of faith, deceitfulness, disaffection, double-dealing, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, recreancy, sedition, seditiousness, subversive activity, treachery, treason, untrueness, violation |
| Antonyms: | faithfulness, loyalty, trueness, trustworthiness |
| Main Entry: | heresy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters |
| Synonyms: | agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, blasphemy, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, fallacy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, paganism, revisionism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sin |
| Antonyms: | orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | rebellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience; revolt |
| Synonyms: | apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, nonconformity, revolution, rising, schism, uprising |
| Notes: | rebellion is open resistance to a government or authority; revolution is a rebellion that succeeds in overthrowing the government and establishing a new one |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | unfaithfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infidelity |
| Synonyms: | apostasy, bad faith, defection, dereliction, disloyalty, fickleness, improbity, inconstancy, perfidy, recreancy, treachery, treason |
| Antonyms: | faithfulness, loyalty |
| Main Entry: | change of heart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | altered attitude |
| Synonyms: | 180, about-face, apostasy, backpedaling, change of mind, defection, flip-flop, reversal, second thoughts, turnaround, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | insurgence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebellion |
| Synonyms: | apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, nonconformity, revolt, revolution, rising, schism, sedition, uprising |
| Main Entry: | insurgency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebellion |
| Synonyms: | apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, insurrection, mutiny, nonconformity, revolt, revolution, rising, schism, sedition, uprising |
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