What is another word for defection?
1082 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪfˈɛkʃən], [ dɪfˈɛkʃən], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for defection:- abandonment (noun)
- act (noun)
- change of heart (noun)
- defection (noun)
- emigration (noun)
- heresy (noun)
- immigration (noun)
- infidelity (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- relinquishment (noun)
- renunciation (noun)
- revolt (noun)
- secession (noun)
- unfaithfulness (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Defection:
n.
•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.
- 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.
- 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.
- revolt,
- revisionism,
- heresy,
- Misbelief,
- inconstancy,
- agnosticism,
- non-conformity,
- Reestablishment,
- infidelity,
- heterodoxy,
- settlings,
- change of mind,
- homesteading,
- inconstancies,
- paganism,
- volte-face,
- iconoclasm,
- bad faith,
- resettlements,
- change of heart,
- heterodoxies,
- fickleness,
- wanderings,
- re-establishment,
- change mind,
- secularism,
- Improbity,
- resettlement,
- nonconformism,
- secession,
- emigration,
- skippings,
- movings,
- sectarianism,
- immigration.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- edition,
- debunking,
- bolt out,
- leave,
- shame,
- sacking,
- pause,
- go against,
- crevice,
- pagan religion,
- crossbreeding,
- number,
- rehabilitation,
- relinquishing,
- dismission,
- give out,
- deflexion,
- confound,
- uprising,
- vent,
- err,
- combine,
- assortment,
- mannerism,
- mixture,
- quip,
- get around,
- let on,
- protestation,
- enchant,
- rent,
- go along,
- duty period,
- capture,
- let loose,
- cartel,
- expel,
- changeover,
- juvenile delinquency,
- job,
- bewilder,
- entrance,
- outlet,
- interbreeding,
- crossway,
- runaway,
- error,
- informal,
- crosswalk,
- discontinue,
- extenuation,
- branch,
- get out,
- interrupt,
- revitalization,
- pull in one's horns,
- button,
- fuddle,
- break through,
- go about,
- crawfish out,
- penitence,
- draw back,
- legal separation,
- retrogress,
- convert,
- easy,
- faux pas,
- move back,
- loser,
- permutation,
- jam,
- change state,
- disjoint,
- nauseate,
- eluding,
- dislodge,
- draw near,
- liberation,
- nonstarter,
- chicken out,
- come near,
- gobble,
- allowance,
- dissent,
- crimp,
- tear,
- take in,
- tour,
- hope,
- defence,
- flip,
- super,
- slide by,
- infect,
- overhear,
- crawfish,
- objection,
- glide path,
- fall away,
- confide,
- try-on,
- insurrection,
- frizzle,
- rising,
- skid,
- giving up,
- declension,
- back out,
- discrepancy,
- making,
- smorgasbord,
- vary,
- vice,
- bout,
- cranny,
- carrefour,
- cakehole,
- microbe,
- peg,
- steal,
- happy chance,
- germ,
- crossover,
- momentary,
- turning,
- twist,
- better,
- entrust,
- back up,
- befuddle,
- crossroad,
- crape,
- part,
- miss,
- bolt of lightning,
- let go,
- deviance,
- trustingness,
- idle,
- confidence,
- founder,
- recreant,
- advance,
- enamor,
- about turn,
- pegleg,
- turn of events,
- cast,
- interruption,
- refilling,
- diverseness,
- upset,
- cave in,
- approaching,
- snatch,
- spiritual rebirth,
- have,
- eject,
- blackguard,
- make,
- elapse,
- discharge,
- recede,
- budge,
- erupt,
- persistence,
- passing,
- bad,
- unaffixed,
- back down,
- grab,
- fox,
- apostate,
- let out,
- teddy,
- sprain,
- blow,
- self-renunciation,
- hybridization,
- scissure,
- lapsing,
- difference of opinion,
- fissure,
- reheel,
- overtake,
- inflection,
- slick,
- a-one,
- self-denial,
- break up,
- fling,
- slickness,
- shot,
- gross out,
- mooring,
- substitution,
- sicken,
- chap,
- perfidiousness,
- relapse,
- assault,
- glide by,
- convulsion,
- corporate trust,
- lese majesty,
- slapdash,
- unfreeze,
- decamp,
- border on,
- discover,
- wiretap,
- tops,
- feebleness,
- approach path,
- backslide,
- frailness,
- reverse,
- retrogression,
- strip,
- dislocate,
- round,
- at large,
- divulge,
- cad,
- waiver,
- default on,
- cast off,
- intermission,
- disagreement,
- peculation,
- feeler,
- badger,
- impuissance,
- subversiveness,
- stepping down,
- slip away,
- open frame,
- crock up,
- hound,
- bust,
- solecism,
- detachment,
- light,
- regenerate,
- sack,
- hitch,
- fluctuation,
- disgust,
- misapplication,
- acquittance,
- shift key,
- loss,
- frizz,
- slip-up,
- turn around,
- captivate,
- bring out,
- go up,
- give away,
- upthrust,
- fugitive from justice,
- mess,
- breaking away,
- turmoil,
- see the light,
- onanism,
- weaken,
- miscue,
- drop off,
- divergency,
- traitorousness,
- fleeting,
- suspension,
- flex,
- die,
- agitate,
- mutant,
- overrule,
- infract,
- expose,
- mixed bag,
- replacement,
- slue,
- remake,
- desire,
- variegation,
- decadence,
- access,
- pickle,
- thong,
- recrudesce,
- fail,
- disunite,
- tack,
- derangement,
- promiscuous,
- fall back,
- hideaway,
- near,
- discombobulate,
- break down,
- good luck,
- beguile,
- issue,
- get,
- cutting,
- miscellanea,
- wooden leg,
- decline in quality,
- make off,
- give up,
- transfer,
- good turn,
- resign,
- reposition,
- arrest,
- out-migration,
- ferment,
- remainder,
- changefulness,
- kind,
- deadbolt,
- qualifying,
- hybridisation,
- electric switch,
- variance,
- magnetic variation,
- agitation,
- come apart,
- elusion,
- oversight,
- bewitch,
- see,
- spell,
- holiday,
- multifariousness,
- yielding,
- collar,
- meet,
- shifting,
- loosen,
- mistake,
- offer,
- nonconformance,
- going,
- dash,
- plow,
- rape,
- come on,
- bale out,
- retire,
- haul,
- pinch,
- rick,
- go by,
- heathenism,
- smack,
- gaffe,
- moderation,
- drop,
- displacement,
- split up,
- turn over,
- bedevil,
- tone ending,
- fissiparous,
- put out,
- rigidly,
- version,
- in-migration,
- tap,
- hemipteran,
- switch over,
- dampen,
- break-dance,
- believe,
- shed,
- farewell,
- snap off,
- embezzlement,
- annulment,
- split,
- ace,
- contamination,
- trying on,
- ruin,
- leave-taking,
- mar,
- defile,
- slap,
- wear,
- hollow,
- swap,
- rotation,
- moorage,
- on the loose,
- resist,
- stroke,
- develop,
- view,
- salmagundi,
- glitch,
- readjustment,
- exchange,
- mutation,
- pillowcase,
- breakout,
- potpourri,
- pester,
- insufficiency,
- offend,
- revival meeting,
- discontinuance,
- transposition,
- check,
- transmutation,
- bend,
- turnaround,
- become,
- careen,
- disowning,
- move around,
- match,
- divagation,
- bit,
- hurl,
- fascinate,
- form,
- stir,
- separate,
- sport,
- overture,
- rub,
- crook,
- climb-down,
- falsity,
- golf hole,
- turncoat,
- thunderbolt,
- approach shot,
- reveal,
- drug withdrawal,
- ratter,
- treachery,
- wanton,
- alternate,
- parapraxis,
- list,
- digression,
- sour,
- recidivate,
- grow,
- idiosyncrasy,
- time out,
- pull back,
- exhaust,
- becharm,
- penance,
- press release,
- break in,
- relinquish,
- sneak,
- slide,
- recess,
- sully,
- retrograde,
- absquatulate,
- burst,
- rectify,
- change over,
- break away,
- run off,
- uplift,
- break out,
- splay,
- sideslip,
- work,
- break dance,
- chemise,
- withdrawal method,
- curve,
- whirl,
- slip of paper,
- slack,
- divorcement,
- defector,
- relegate,
- faith,
- demurrer,
- fall apart,
- liberal,
- cleft,
- fall,
- revision,
- deliver,
- take hold of,
- cloud,
- decadency,
- spot,
- black eye,
- gap,
- soften,
- slipperiness,
- subvert,
- prisonbreak,
- go bad,
- inadequateness,
- rip,
- act,
- replenishment,
- cracking,
- routine,
- intercept,
- flunk,
- pitch contour,
- magnetic declination,
- lax,
- sort,
- deflection,
- appointment,
- unsuccessful person,
- hybridizing,
- open,
- regress,
- modify,
- geological fault,
- self-abnegation,
- maw,
- debility,
- cross,
- wisecrack,
- degeneracy,
- disassociate,
- imperfectness,
- motley,
- trustfulness,
- tease,
- luxate,
- momentaneous,
- relapsing,
- relax,
- hole out,
- transformation,
- resurgence,
- denominationalism,
- run out,
- variant,
- confuse,
- disgrace,
- expatriation,
- demote,
- falling out,
- fix,
- pickup,
- cede,
- glide slope,
- freeing,
- trip,
- topnotch,
- changeability,
- reliance,
- respite,
- collapse,
- switching,
- change by reversal,
- ramification,
- bankruptcy,
- variety show,
- reclaim,
- expiration,
- set about,
- watch,
- interval,
- catch up with,
- spillage,
- draw close,
- drop away,
- work shift,
- miscellany,
- muddle,
- unloose,
- coming,
- attaint,
- registration,
- renegade,
- recreation,
- unblock,
- shake off,
- devolution,
- intonation,
- insincerity,
- stage,
- smash,
- publish,
- rupture,
- transgress,
- withdraw,
- gyration,
- overturn,
- breakup,
- default option,
- upthrow,
- hemipteron,
- go,
- willful neglect,
- override,
- unorthodoxy,
- dissociate,
- churn up,
- disruption,
- let go of,
- bring down,
- dregs,
- bang,
- misappropriation,
- alter,
- separatist,
- commit,
- tornado,
- slew,
- bankrupt,
- skepticism,
- lurch,
- interchange,
- taking into custody,
- go off,
- snap,
- beetle off,
- uncover,
- lam,
- beleaguer,
- bump,
- straighten out,
- hang-up,
- kink up,
- conflict,
- violate,
- trance,
- sink,
- hullabaloo,
- slip by,
- departure,
- cam stroke,
- exit,
- reverting,
- breakage,
- sluttish,
- excitement,
- pick up,
- escaped,
- intrust,
- liberate,
- intersection,
- shimmy,
- corrupt,
- kick downstairs,
- fall in,
- repel,
- backdown,
- hollowness,
- unwrap,
- wrick,
- wear out,
- tiptop,
- plan of attack,
- conk out,
- scepticism,
- relocation,
- curl,
- case,
- revitalisation,
- breach,
- damp,
- bounder,
- gaucherie,
- dog,
- apprehension,
- wobble,
- break off,
- crack up,
- turbulence,
- deface,
- contrive,
- deform,
- plough,
- wrench,
- unloosen,
- trouble,
- diversionary attack,
- bow out,
- blame,
- want,
- setback,
- slip one's mind,
- twirl,
- sally,
- electrical switch,
- palliation,
- severing,
- stop,
- firing,
- throw off,
- informing,
- reservation,
- passage,
- hold,
- gob,
- trade,
- helplessness,
- throw away,
- give way,
- pull away,
- pull out,
- commute,
- top-notch,
- reclamation,
- dispute,
- disfigure,
- thrust,
- limiting,
- enamour,
- tilt,
- call on,
- swop,
- nonconformity,
- trap,
- trip up,
- fracture,
- intermit,
- bemuse,
- impairment,
- decent,
- gimmick,
- disclose,
- prison-breaking,
- spill,
- policy change,
- equivocation,
- stiffly,
- pass,
- sezession,
- ford,
- break of serve,
- attack,
- evasion,
- pitch,
- rebirth,
- pillow slip,
- dismissal,
- ravish,
- play,
- yap,
- defense,
- crick,
- outrage,
- reversion,
- handout,
- kettle of fish,
- desert,
- project,
- deepen,
- give,
- berth,
- first-rate,
- pulling out,
- charm,
- unleash,
- secrete,
- free.
- 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:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
desertion.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
abandonment, escape.
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Hyponym for Defection:
n.
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act
withdrawal.
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act