Formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of a religion.
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His cynical tergiversation at the end makes his previous conduct ridiculous.
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Innuendo, political intrigue, diplomatic tergiversation-inall these he was a master.
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Such tergiversation in times of civil discord was nothing new.
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Froude's specific charge of rapid tergiversation is disproved by dates.
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There was something about him which ennobled tergiversation itself.
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The interior cause of this apostasy will be explained in what follows.
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Twenty-first-century followers of Patrick are now facing a different kind of apostasy.
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The curse of religious and political apostasy lay heavy on the land.
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The angel's interpretation in this chapter does not leave the apostasy triumphant:
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Objection 1: It would seem that apostasy does not pertain to unbelief.
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Already they were inclined to recognise the signs of a national apostasy.
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If there is anything I cannot away with, it is trivial apostasy.
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The crowd, terrified by this act of apostasy, uttered a lengthened murmur.
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The notion of apostasy as a mystery assuaged their guilt and sorrow.
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Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee.
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He was previously cleared of apostasy -renouncing his religion -in 2013.
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We must now consider apostasy: about which there are two points of inquiry:
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Hardline Indonesian Muslims accuse Ahmadiyah and other Muslim minorities of apostasy.
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That is the history of what has been called his apostasy.
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The Russian legislation of that period teems with regulations concerning apostasy.
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The first apostasy, the fall of the angels, is, perhaps, intimated.
