Synonyms for Defection:

• n.

  •
  • approach,
  • trust.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • faithlessness,
  • failure,
  • divorce,
  • rejection,
  • estrangement,
  • separation,
  • failing,
  • discontinuation,
  • disaffection,
  • apostasy,
  • parting,
  • withdrawal,
  • forsaking,
  • resignation,
  • abandonment,
  • desertion,
  • repudiation,
  • retreat,
  • surrender,
  • deficiency,
  • severance,
  • disownment,
  • lack,
  • abdication,
  • dereliction,
  • relinquishment,
  • alienation,
  • vacation,
  • backsliding,
  • tergiversation,
  • Sundering,
  • rebellion,
  • disloyalty.
  •act (noun)
  • defection.
  •change of heart (noun)
  • backpedalings,
  • change-heart,
  • re versal,
  • re-versal,
  • about face,
  • change heart.
  •defection (noun)
  • defalcation,
  • Renegation,
  • perfidy,
  • treason,
  • betrayal,
  • mutiny.
  •emigration (noun)
  • re establishment,
  • up-rooting,
  • dis-placements,
  • dis placement,
  • re-establishments,
  • re establishments,
  • trans planting,
  • re settlements,
  • dis placements,
  • re-locations,
  • ex patriation,
  • reestablishments,
  • re-settlement,
  • ex-patriation,
  • up rooting,
  • re location,
  • dis-placement,
  • homesteadings,
  • transplantings,
  • re locations,
  • ex-patriations,
  • ex patriations,
  • uprootings,
  • re settlement,
  • trans-planting,
  • re-settlements,
  • re-location.
  •heresy (noun)
  • in fidelities,
  • iconoclasms,
  • dis sents,
  • mis-beliefs,
  • dis-sents,
  • agnosticisms,
  • non-conformisms,
  • misbeliefs,
  • hetero doxies,
  • dis-belief,
  • mis belief,
  • dis belief,
  • non-conformities,
  • non conformism,
  • hetero doxy,
  • mis beliefs,
  • dis-beliefs,
  • non conformisms,
  • revisionisms,
  • secularisms,
  • paganisms,
  • dis sent,
  • non conformities,
  • hetero-doxies,
  • nonconformisms,
  • in-fidelity,
  • mis-belief,
  • hetero-doxy,
  • non conformity,
  • in fidelity,
  • dis beliefs,
  • sectarianisms,
  • non-conformism,
  • in-fidelities,
  • dis-sent.
  •immigration (noun)
  • trans migrations,
  • trans-migration,
  • trans migration,
  • trans-migrations.
  •infidelity (noun)
  • unfaithfulness.
  •relinquishment (noun)
  • release,
  • renunciation,
  • capitulation,
  • Disclamation.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • about-face,
  • disavowal,
  • crossing,
  • denial,
  • renouncement,
  • abnegation,
  • Retractation,
  • turnabout.
  •revolt (noun)
  • risings.
  •secession (noun)
  • splinter group,
  • breakaways.
  •unfaithfulness (noun)
  • dis-loyalties,
  • dis loyalties,
  • in-constancies,
  • in constancy,
  • in-constancy,
  • ficklenesses,
  • dis loyalty,
  • un-faithfulnesses,
  • un-faithfulness,
  • un faithfulness,
  • in constancies,
  • un faithfulnesses,
  • bad faiths,
  • dis-loyalty.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Recreance,
  • Recreancy.
  •Other relevant words:
  • diversification,
  • falseness,
  • diversion,
  • blemish,
  • Mutinousness,
  • abjuration,
  • sedition,
  • degeneration,
  • renewal,
  • variety,
  • default,
  • modification,
  • breakaway,
  • amelioration,
  • crossing over,
  • runout,
  • reshaping,
  • defect,
  • difference,
  • upheaval,
  • weak point,
  • weak link,
  • refraction,
  • lapse,
  • deviationism,
  • change,
  • modulation,
  • divergence,
  • revivification,
  • overthrow,
  • Revokement,
  • turn,
  • accommodation,
  • catch,
  • revocation,
  • fitting,
  • recantation,
  • shortcoming,
  • disaffiliation,
  • Palinode,
  • changeableness,
  • adjustment,
  • reformation,
  • reform,
  • revival,
  • alteration,
  • total change,
  • imperfection,
  • Seceding,
  • shift,
  • negation,
  • inadequacy,
  • high treason,
  • misprision of treason,
  • weakness,
  • dishonor,
  • variation,
  • re-creation,
  • absence without leave,
  • adaptation,
  • disclaimer,
  • transition,
  • bug,
  • melioration,
  • repentance,
  • reversal,
  • petty treason,
  • kink,
  • Recidivation,
  • uncollectible,
  • worsening,
  • rift,
  • hole,
  • nonpayment,
  • Premunire,
  • protest,
  • switch,
  • gradual change,
  • deserter,
  • walkout,
  • demerit,
  • revolution,
  • foible,
  • remaking,
  • break,
  • recidivism,
  • retraction,
  • radical change,
  • mitigation,
  • fault,
  • breaking,
  • betterment,
  • qualification,
  • sudden change,
  • continuity,
  • frailty,
  • diversity,
  • restructuring,
  • improvement,
  • taint,
  • Dishonoring,
  • deviation,
  • retirement,
  • nonremittal,
  • drawback,
  • bad debt,
  • turning traitor,
  • Nolle Prosequi,
  • bolt,
  • schism,
  • deterioration,
  • problem,
  • redesign,
  • ratting,
  • conversion,
  • decampment,
  • Abjurement,
  • vulnerable place,
  • realignment,
  • crack,
  • flaw,
  • lese majeste,
  • absenteeism,
  • flip-flop,
  • discontinuity,
  • dishonour,
  • Palinody,
  • snag,
  • infirmity,
  • faute,
  • delinquency.

Paraphrases for Defection:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    desertion.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    abandonment, escape.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    fleeing, Escaping.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    flight, dropout.

Antonyms for Defection:

• n.

  • abandonment
    faithfulness, plenty, joining, loyalty, enough, harmony.

Homophones for Defection:

• devastation, deification, depiction, divagation, deposition.

Hypernym for Defection:

• n.

  • act
    deviationism, abscondment, absence without leave, unauthorized absence, decampment.

Hyponym for Defection:

• n.

  • act
    withdrawal.