Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lack: a failure; especially, failure in the performance of duty or obligation.
- noun The act of abandoning a person or a cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an act or incidence of
defecting
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
- noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
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Examples
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Her mentor handles what he calls her defection very poorly and they have not spoken to one another in six months.
Homicide in Hardcover-Kate Carlisle « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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Their defection from the progressive coalition over the past two years is the main reason Democrats are facing a beat-down tomorrow.
Will Marshall: Revolt of the Radical Center, Act III Will Marshall 2010
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America saw a hint of this recently with Senator Liberman's defection from the Democratic party.
Transparency 2010
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America saw a hint of this recently with Senator Liberman's defection from the Democratic party.
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Beverly Si lls, for instance, made the cover of Time in 1971, and Mikhail Baryshnikov was a full-fledged media idol within a few months of his 1974 defection from the Soviet Union.
Heard of Any Great Playwrights Lately? Terry Teachout 2010
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Their defection from the progressive coalition over the past two years is the main reason Democrats are facing a beat-down tomorrow.
Will Marshall: Revolt of the Radical Center, Act III Will Marshall 2010
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Their defection from the progressive coalition over the past two years is the main reason Democrats are facing a beat-down tomorrow.
Will Marshall: Revolt of the Radical Center, Act III Will Marshall 2010
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Their defection from the progressive coalition over the past two years is the main reason Democrats are facing a beat-down tomorrow.
Will Marshall: Revolt of the Radical Center, Act III Will Marshall 2010
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Their defection from the progressive coalition over the past two years is the main reason Democrats are facing a beat-down tomorrow.
Will Marshall: Revolt of the Radical Center, Act III Will Marshall 2010
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Their defection from the progressive coalition over the past two years is the main reason Democrats are facing a beat-down tomorrow.
Will Marshall: Revolt of the Radical Center, Act III Will Marshall 2010
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