apostasy

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
• Syn:
renunciation, defection
• Derivationally related forms:
defect (for: defection)
• Hypernyms:
rejection
2. the act of abandoning a party for cause
• Syn:
tergiversation
• Derivationally related forms:
tergiversate (for: tergiversation)
• Hypernyms:
abandonment, forsaking, desertion

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tergiversation, renunciation, defection