What is another word for defection?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪfˈɛkʃən], [ dɪfˈɛkʃən], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]
Related words: defector, defection s, defected russian spy, is defecting to a hostile power considered treason, defect to usa, defecting to usa, defectors in the cold war, defectors in the 20th century, defectors in history, defectors russia
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Similar words for defection:
- abandonment (noun)
- act (noun)
- change of heart (noun)
- defection (noun)
- emigration (noun)
- heresy (noun)
- immigration (noun)
- infidelity (noun)
- relinquishment (noun)
- renunciation (noun)
- revolt (noun)
- secession (noun)
- unfaithfulness (noun)
Synonyms for Defection:
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n.
• abandonment- abandonment ,
- abdication ,
- apostasy ,
- backsliding ,
- dereliction ,
- desertion ,
- discontinuation ,
- relinquishment ,
- resignation ,
- surrender ,
- tergiversation ,
- vacation ,
- withdrawal .
- dis placement ,
- dis placements ,
- dis-placement ,
- dis-placements ,
- ex patriation ,
- ex patriations ,
- ex-patriation ,
- ex-patriations ,
- homesteadings ,
- re establishment ,
- re establishments ,
- re location ,
- re locations ,
- re settlement ,
- re settlements ,
- re-establishments ,
- re-location ,
- re-locations ,
- re-settlement ,
- re-settlements ,
- reestablishments ,
- trans planting ,
- trans-planting ,
- transplantings ,
- up rooting ,
- up-rooting ,
- uprootings .
- agnosticisms ,
- dis belief ,
- dis beliefs ,
- dis sent ,
- dis sents ,
- dis-belief ,
- dis-beliefs ,
- dis-sent ,
- dis-sents ,
- hetero doxies ,
- hetero doxy ,
- hetero-doxies ,
- hetero-doxy ,
- iconoclasms ,
- in fidelities ,
- in fidelity ,
- in-fidelities ,
- in-fidelity ,
- mis belief ,
- mis beliefs ,
- mis-belief ,
- mis-beliefs ,
- misbeliefs ,
- non conformism ,
- non conformisms ,
- non conformities ,
- non conformity ,
- non-conformism ,
- non-conformisms ,
- non-conformities ,
- nonconformisms ,
- paganisms ,
- revisionisms ,
- sectarianisms ,
- secularisms .
Other synonyms:
- Recreance ,
- Recreancy ,
- emigration .
Other relevant words:
- a-one ,
- about turn ,
- absquatulate ,
- access ,
- ace ,
- acquittance ,
- act ,
- advance ,
- agitate ,
- agitation ,
- allowance ,
- alter ,
- alternate ,
- annulment ,
- apostate ,
- appointment ,
- apprehension ,
- approach path ,
- approach shot ,
- approaching ,
- arrest ,
- assault ,
- assortment ,
- at large ,
- attack ,
- attaint ,
- back down ,
- back out ,
- back up ,
- backdown ,
- backslide ,
- bad ,
- badger ,
- bale out ,
- bang ,
- bankrupt ,
- bankruptcy ,
- becharm ,
- become ,
- bedevil ,
- beetle off ,
- befuddle ,
- beguile ,
- beleaguer ,
- believe ,
- bemuse ,
- bend ,
- berth ,
- better ,
- bewilder ,
- bewitch ,
- bit ,
- black eye ,
- blackguard ,
- blame ,
- blow ,
- bolt of lightning ,
- bolt out ,
- border on ,
- bounder ,
- bout ,
- bow out ,
- branch ,
- breach ,
- break away ,
- break dance ,
- break down ,
- break in ,
- break of serve ,
- break off ,
- break out ,
- break through ,
- break up ,
- break-dance ,
- breakage ,
- breaking away ,
- breakout ,
- breakup ,
- bring down ,
- bring out ,
- budge ,
- bump ,
- burst ,
- bust ,
- button ,
- cad ,
- cakehole ,
- call on ,
- cam stroke ,
- captivate ,
- capture ,
- careen ,
- carrefour ,
- cartel ,
- case ,
- cast ,
- cast off ,
- catch up with ,
- cave in ,
- cede ,
- change by reversal ,
- change over ,
- change state ,
- changeability ,
- changefulness ,
- changeover ,
- chap ,
- charm ,
- check ,
- chemise ,
- chicken out ,
- churn up ,
- cleft ,
- climb-down ,
- cloud ,
- collapse ,
- collar ,
- combine ,
- come apart ,
- come near ,
- come on ,
- coming ,
- commit ,
- commute ,
- confide ,
- confidence ,
- conflict ,
- confound ,
- confuse ,
- conk out ,
- contamination ,
- contrive ,
- convert ,
- convulsion ,
- corporate trust ,
- corrupt ,
- crack up ,
- cracking ,
- cranny ,
- crape ,
- crawfish ,
- crawfish out ,
- crevice ,
- crick ,
- crimp ,
- crock up ,
- crook ,
- cross ,
- crossbreeding ,
- crossover ,
- crossroad ,
- crosswalk ,
- crossway ,
- curl ,
- curve ,
- cutting ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- dash ,
- deadbolt ,
- debility ,
- debunking ,
- decadence ,
- decadency ,
- decamp ,
- decent ,
- declension ,
- decline in quality ,
- deepen ,
- deface ,
- default on ,
- default option ,
- defector ,
- defence ,
- defense ,
- defile ,
- deflection ,
- deflexion ,
- deform ,
- degeneracy ,
- deliver ,
- demote ,
- demurrer ,
- denominationalism ,
- departure ,
- derangement ,
- desert ,
- desire ,
- detachment ,
- develop ,
- deviance ,
- devolution ,
- die ,
- difference of opinion ,
- digression ,
- disagreement ,
- disassociate ,
- discharge ,
- disclose ,
- discombobulate ,
- discontinuance ,
- discontinue ,
- discover ,
- discrepancy ,
- disfigure ,
- disgrace ,
- disgust ,
- disjoint ,
- dislocate ,
- dislodge ,
- dismissal ,
- dismission ,
- disowning ,
- displacement ,
- dispute ,
- disruption ,
- dissent ,
- dissociate ,
- disunite ,
- divagation ,
- divergency ,
- diverseness ,
- diversionary attack ,
- divorcement ,
- divulge ,
- dog ,
- draw back ,
- draw close ,
- draw near ,
- dregs ,
- drop ,
- drop away ,
- drop off ,
- drug withdrawal ,
- duty period ,
- easy ,
- edition ,
- eject ,
- elapse ,
- electric switch ,
- electrical switch ,
- eluding ,
- elusion ,
- embezzlement ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- entrance ,
- entrust ,
- equivocation ,
- err ,
- error ,
- erupt ,
- escaped ,
- evasion ,
- exchange ,
- excitement ,
- exhaust ,
- exit ,
- expatriation ,
- expel ,
- expiration ,
- expose ,
- extenuation ,
- fail ,
- faith ,
- fall ,
- fall apart ,
- fall away ,
- fall back ,
- fall in ,
- falling out ,
- falsity ,
- farewell ,
- fascinate ,
- faux pas ,
- feebleness ,
- feeler ,
- ferment ,
- firing ,
- first-rate ,
- fissiparous ,
- fissure ,
- fix ,
- fleeting ,
- flex ,
- fling ,
- flip ,
- fluctuation ,
- flunk ,
- ford ,
- form ,
- founder ,
- fox ,
- fracture ,
- frailness ,
- free ,
- freeing ,
- frizz ,
- frizzle ,
- fuddle ,
- fugitive from justice ,
- gaffe ,
- gap ,
- gaucherie ,
- geological fault ,
- germ ,
- get ,
- get around ,
- get out ,
- gimmick ,
- give ,
- give away ,
- give out ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- giving up ,
- glide by ,
- glide path ,
- glide slope ,
- glitch ,
- go ,
- go about ,
- go against ,
- go along ,
- go bad ,
- go by ,
- go off ,
- go up ,
- gob ,
- gobble ,
- going ,
- golf hole ,
- good luck ,
- good turn ,
- grab ,
- gross out ,
- grow ,
- gyration ,
- handout ,
- hang-up ,
- happy chance ,
- haul ,
- have ,
- heathenism ,
- helplessness ,
- hemipteran ,
- hemipteron ,
- hideaway ,
- hitch ,
- hold ,
- hole out ,
- holiday ,
- hollow ,
- hollowness ,
- hope ,
- hound ,
- hullabaloo ,
- hurl ,
- hybridisation ,
- hybridization ,
- hybridizing ,
- idiosyncrasy ,
- idle ,
- impairment ,
- imperfectness ,
- impuissance ,
- in-migration ,
- inadequateness ,
- infect ,
- inflection ,
- informal ,
- informing ,
- infract ,
- insincerity ,
- insufficiency ,
- insurrection ,
- interbreeding ,
- intercept ,
- interchange ,
- intermission ,
- intermit ,
- interrupt ,
- interruption ,
- intersection ,
- interval ,
- intonation ,
- intrust ,
- issue ,
- jam ,
- job ,
- juvenile delinquency ,
- kettle of fish ,
- kick downstairs ,
- kind ,
- kink up ,
- lam ,
- lapsing ,
- lax ,
- leave ,
- leave-taking ,
- legal separation ,
- lese majesty ,
- let go ,
- let go of ,
- let loose ,
- let on ,
- let out ,
- liberal ,
- liberate ,
- liberation ,
- light ,
- limiting ,
- list ,
- loosen ,
- loser ,
- loss ,
- lurch ,
- luxate ,
- magnetic declination ,
- magnetic variation ,
- make ,
- make off ,
- making ,
- mannerism ,
- mar ,
- match ,
- maw ,
- meet ,
- mess ,
- microbe ,
- misapplication ,
- misappropriation ,
- miscellanea ,
- miscellany ,
- miscue ,
- miss ,
- mistake ,
- mixed bag ,
- mixture ,
- moderation ,
- modify ,
- momentaneous ,
- momentary ,
- moorage ,
- mooring ,
- motley ,
- move around ,
- move back ,
- muddle ,
- multifariousness ,
- mutant ,
- mutation ,
- nauseate ,
- near ,
- nonconformance ,
- nonconformity ,
- nonstarter ,
- number ,
- objection ,
- offend ,
- offer ,
- on the loose ,
- onanism ,
- open ,
- open frame ,
- out-migration ,
- outlet ,
- outrage ,
- overhear ,
- override ,
- overrule ,
- oversight ,
- overtake ,
- overture ,
- overturn ,
- pagan religion ,
- palliation ,
- parapraxis ,
- part ,
- pass ,
- passage ,
- passing ,
- pause ,
- peculation ,
- peg ,
- pegleg ,
- penance ,
- penitence ,
- perfidiousness ,
- permutation ,
- persistence ,
- pester ,
- pick up ,
- pickle ,
- pickup ,
- pillow slip ,
- pillowcase ,
- pinch ,
- pitch ,
- pitch contour ,
- plan of attack ,
- play ,
- plough ,
- plow ,
- policy change ,
- potpourri ,
- press release ,
- prison-breaking ,
- prisonbreak ,
- project ,
- promiscuous ,
- protestation ,
- publish ,
- pull away ,
- pull back ,
- pull in one's horns ,
- pull out ,
- pulling out ,
- put out ,
- qualifying ,
- quip ,
- ramification ,
- rape ,
- ratter ,
- ravish ,
- readjustment ,
- rebirth ,
- recede ,
- recess ,
- recidivate ,
- reclaim ,
- reclamation ,
- recreant ,
- recreation ,
- recrudesce ,
- rectify ,
- refilling ,
- regenerate ,
- registration ,
- regress ,
- rehabilitation ,
- reheel ,
- relapse ,
- relapsing ,
- relax ,
- relegate ,
- reliance ,
- relinquish ,
- relinquishing ,
- relocation ,
- remainder ,
- remake ,
- renegade ,
- rent ,
- repel ,
- replacement ,
- replenishment ,
- reposition ,
- reservation ,
- resign ,
- resist ,
- respite ,
- resurgence ,
- retire ,
- retrograde ,
- retrogress ,
- retrogression ,
- reveal ,
- reverse ,
- reversion ,
- reverting ,
- revision ,
- revitalisation ,
- revitalization ,
- revival meeting ,
- rick ,
- rigidly ,
- rip ,
- rising ,
- rotation ,
- round ,
- routine ,
- rub ,
- ruin ,
- run off ,
- run out ,
- runaway ,
- rupture ,
- sack ,
- sacking ,
- sally ,
- salmagundi ,
- scepticism ,
- scissure ,
- secrete ,
- see ,
- see the light ,
- self-abnegation ,
- self-denial ,
- self-renunciation ,
- separate ,
- separatist ,
- set about ,
- setback ,
- severing ,
- sezession ,
- shake off ,
- shame ,
- shed ,
- shift key ,
- shifting ,
- shimmy ,
- shot ,
- sicken ,
- sideslip ,
- sink ,
- skepticism ,
- skid ,
- slack ,
- slap ,
- slapdash ,
- slew ,
- slick ,
- slickness ,
- slide ,
- slide by ,
- slip away ,
- slip by ,
- slip of paper ,
- slip one's mind ,
- slip-up ,
- slipperiness ,
- slue ,
- sluttish ,
- smack ,
- smash ,
- smorgasbord ,
- snap ,
- snap off ,
- snatch ,
- sneak ,
- soften ,
- solecism ,
- sort ,
- sour ,
- spell ,
- spill ,
- spillage ,
- spiritual rebirth ,
- splay ,
- split ,
- split up ,
- sport ,
- spot ,
- sprain ,
- stage ,
- steal ,
- stepping down ,
- stiffly ,
- stir ,
- stop ,
- straighten out ,
- strip ,
- stroke ,
- substitution ,
- subversiveness ,
- subvert ,
- sully ,
- super ,
- suspension ,
- swap ,
- switch over ,
- switching ,
- swop ,
- tack ,
- take hold of ,
- take in ,
- taking into custody ,
- tap ,
- tear ,
- tease ,
- teddy ,
- thong ,
- throw away ,
- throw off ,
- thrust ,
- thunderbolt ,
- tilt ,
- time out ,
- tiptop ,
- tone ending ,
- top-notch ,
- topnotch ,
- tops ,
- tornado ,
- tour ,
- trade ,
- traitorousness ,
- trance ,
- transfer ,
- transformation ,
- transgress ,
- transmutation ,
- transposition ,
- trap ,
- treachery ,
- trip ,
- trip up ,
- trouble ,
- trustfulness ,
- trustingness ,
- try-on ,
- trying on ,
- turbulence ,
- turmoil ,
- turn around ,
- turn of events ,
- turn over ,
- turnaround ,
- turncoat ,
- turning ,
- twirl ,
- twist ,
- unaffixed ,
- unblock ,
- uncover ,
- unfreeze ,
- unleash ,
- unloose ,
- unloosen ,
- unorthodoxy ,
- unsuccessful person ,
- unwrap ,
- uplift ,
- uprising ,
- upset ,
- upthrow ,
- upthrust ,
- variance ,
- variant ,
- variegation ,
- variety show ,
- vary ,
- vent ,
- version ,
- vice ,
- view ,
- violate ,
- waiver ,
- want ,
- wanton ,
- watch ,
- weaken ,
- wear ,
- wear out ,
- whirl ,
- willful neglect ,
- wiretap ,
- wisecrack ,
- withdraw ,
- withdrawal method ,
- wobble ,
- wooden leg ,
- work ,
- work shift ,
- wrench ,
- wrick ,
- yap ,
- yielding .
- Abjurement ,
- Dishonoring ,
- Mutinousness ,
- Nolle Prosequi ,
- Palinode ,
- Palinody ,
- Premunire ,
- Recidivation ,
- Revokement ,
- Seceding ,
- Sundering ,
- abjuration ,
- absence without leave ,
- absenteeism ,
- accommodation ,
- adaptation ,
- adjustment ,
- alienation ,
- alteration ,
- amelioration ,
- bad debt ,
- betterment ,
- blemish ,
- bolt ,
- break ,
- breakaway ,
- breaking ,
- bug ,
- catch ,
- change ,
- change of heart ,
- changeableness ,
- continuity ,
- conversion ,
- crack ,
- crossing over ,
- decampment ,
- default ,
- defect ,
- deficiency ,
- degeneration ,
- delinquency ,
- demerit ,
- deserter ,
- deterioration ,
- deviation ,
- deviationism ,
- difference ,
- disaffection ,
- disaffiliation ,
- disclaimer ,
- discontinuity ,
- dishonor ,
- dishonour ,
- disownment ,
- divergence ,
- diversification ,
- diversion ,
- diversity ,
- divorce ,
- drawback ,
- estrangement ,
- failing ,
- failure ,
- faithlessness ,
- falseness ,
- fault ,
- faute ,
- fitting ,
- flaw ,
- flip-flop ,
- foible ,
- forsaking ,
- frailty ,
- gradual change ,
- heresy ,
- high treason ,
- hole ,
- immigration ,
- imperfection ,
- improvement ,
- inadequacy ,
- infirmity ,
- kink ,
- lack ,
- lapse ,
- lese majeste ,
- melioration ,
- misprision of treason ,
- mitigation ,
- modification ,
- modulation ,
- negation ,
- nonpayment ,
- nonremittal ,
- overthrow ,
- parting ,
- petty treason ,
- problem ,
- protest ,
- qualification ,
- radical change ,
- ratting ,
- re-creation ,
- realignment ,
- rebellion ,
- recantation ,
- recidivism ,
- redesign ,
- reform ,
- reformation ,
- refraction ,
- rejection ,
- remaking ,
- renewal ,
- repentance ,
- repudiation ,
- reshaping ,
- restructuring ,
- retirement ,
- retraction ,
- retreat ,
- reversal ,
- revival ,
- revivification ,
- revocation ,
- revolt ,
- revolution ,
- rift ,
- runout ,
- schism ,
- secession ,
- sedition ,
- separation ,
- severance ,
- shift ,
- shortcoming ,
- snag ,
- sudden change ,
- switch ,
- taint ,
- total change ,
- transition ,
- treason ,
- turn ,
- turning traitor ,
- uncollectible ,
- upheaval ,
- variation ,
- variety ,
- vulnerable place ,
- walkout ,
- weak link ,
- weak point ,
- weakness ,
- worsening .
- Improbity ,
- Misbelief ,
- Reestablishment ,
- agnosticism ,
- bad faith ,
- change mind ,
- change of mind ,
- fickleness ,
- heterodoxies ,
- heterodoxy ,
- homesteading ,
- iconoclasm ,
- inconstancies ,
- inconstancy ,
- infidelity ,
- movings ,
- non-conformity ,
- nonconformism ,
- paganism ,
- re-establishment ,
- resettlement ,
- resettlements ,
- revisionism ,
- sectarianism ,
- secularism ,
- settlings ,
- skippings ,
- volte-face ,
- wanderings .
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How to use "Defection" in context?
A defection is a type of strategic departure from a group or organization, typically one in which the individual concerned goes against the formal policies or the wishes of their former colleagues.
Paraphrases for Defection:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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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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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
Homophones for Defection:
Hyponym for Defection:
n.
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act
withdrawal.
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act
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- Synonyms:
- fan.