- desertion from allegiance, loyalty, duty, or the like; apostasy: His defection to East Germany was regarded as treasonable.
- failure; lack; loss: He was overcome by a sudden defection of courage.
- the act or an instance of defecting
- abandonment of duty, allegiance, principles, etc; backsliding
- another word for defect (def. 1), defect (def. 2)
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