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a·pos·ta·sy

(ə-pŏs′tə-sē)

n. pl. a·pos·ta·sies

Abandonment of one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.

[Middle English apostasie, from Old French, from Late Latin apostasia, defection, from Late Greek apostasiā, from Greek apostasis, revolt, from aphistanai, aposta-, to revolt : apo-, apo- + histanai, to stand, place; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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apostasy

(əˈpɒstəsɪ)

n, pl -sies

abandonment of one's religious faith, party, a cause, etc

[C14: from Church Latin apostasia, from Greek apostasis desertion, from apostanai to stand apart from, desert]

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a•pos•ta•sy

(əˈpɒs tə si)

n., pl. -sies.

renunciation or abandonment of one's religious faith or of an object of one's previous loyalty.

[1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Late Latin apostasia < Greek: a standing away, withdrawing]

apostasy

- Abandonment or renunciation of one's religion or morals.

apostasy

relinquishing of a religious belief. — apostate, n., adj.

apostasy

noun desertion, defection, treachery, heresy, disloyalty, backsliding, perfidy, unfaithfulness, falseness, faithlessness, recreance or recreancy (archaic) a charge of apostasy

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

apostasy

noun

An instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause:

defection, recreance, recreancy, tergiversation.

Translations

odpadlictví

Apostasie

ارتداد

apostasia

apostasy

[əˈpɒstəsɪ] N → apostasía f

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apostasy

[əˈpɒstəsi] (formal) n → apostasie f

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apostasy

n → Abfall m; (Rel also) → Apostasie f (form)

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Noun	1.	apostasy - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) defection, renunciation rejection - the state of being rejected
	2.	apostasy - the act of abandoning a party for cause tergiversation abandonment, desertion, forsaking - the act of giving something up