| Main Entry: |
break faith
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go back on one's word |
| Synonyms: | betray, break one's word, break promise, forswear oneself, perjure oneself, renege |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, apostatize, back out, break faith, change sides, depart, desert, fall away from, forsake, go, go back on, go over, go over the fence, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out, spurn, take a walk, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn coat, walk out on, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | come in, join |
| Main Entry: | sell/sell out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray |
| Synonyms: | beguile, break faith, bunk, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, disappoint, double-cross, fail, four-flush, give away, give up, mislead, play false, rat on, sell down the river, stab in the back, surrender, take in, violate |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect |
| Main Entry: | apostatize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defect |
| Synonyms: | abandon, break faith, change sides, desert, fall away from, reject, renounce, sell out, stray, tergiversate |