apostatize
Example Sentences
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The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues’s decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize, even in the face of others’ deaths.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2017
He was immediately cast into prison, and alternate threats and promises were employed to induce him to apostatize.
From Mary, Help of Christians And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year by Burke, John J. (John James)
Furthermore, under the stress of intolerable circumstances, a few of the Bábís were constrained to recant their faith, while others went so far as to apostatize and join the ranks of the enemy.
From God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi
Suppressing, at once, all the monasteries existing in the country, and giving their property to the nobles who were willing to apostatize.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.
The revolt in Cagayan in 1718 finishes the mission, for its inhabitants apostatize and take to the mountain.
