APOSTASY Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word apostasy. (close relations)
apostasies
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| defection | nounn | |||||
noun • withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility • the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) | ||||||
| renunciation | nounn | |||||
noun • rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid • the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) • an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned • the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | ||||||
| betrayal | nounn | |||||
noun • an act of deliberate betrayal • the quality of aiding an enemy | ||||||
| desertion | nounn | |||||
noun • withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility • the act of giving something up | ||||||
| disloyalty | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being disloyal | ||||||
| backsliding | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • a failure to maintain a higher state | ||||||
| conversion | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • an event that results in a transformation • a change in the units or form of an expression: • a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown • a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis • a change of religion • interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition • act of exchanging one type of money or security for another • the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another | ||||||
| disaffection | nounn | |||||
noun • the feeling of being alienated from other people • disloyalty to the government or to established authority | ||||||
| estrangement | nounn | |||||
noun • separation resulting from hostility • the feeling of being alienated from other people | ||||||
| tergiversation | nounn | |||||
noun • falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language • the act of abandoning a party for cause | ||||||
