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Significados de defection em inglês

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The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)

        apostasia
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        deserção
        catalão
        deserció
        espanhol
        abandono

        Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility.

              deserção
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              Examples for "abandonment"
              Examples for "abandonment"
              1
              Apparently, Aria's refusal to help free the panthers was grounds for abandonment.
              Pretty Little Secrets
              2
              Catherine knew it was too late; there was an abandonment of hope.
              A reliable wife
              3
              The one option not on the table is abandonment of nuclear weapons.
              The Guardian
              4
              After years of abandonment, she still awaits her husband's return from Britain.
              The Irish Times
              5
              Who knows what instigates this transformation, trauma or abuse or simple abandonment.
              What alice knew: a most curious tale of henry james & jack the r...
              1
              With that she told the lamentable story of the desertion of Eunice.
              The Legacy of Cain
              2
              There is something pathetic in this desertion of the ancient, central hearthstone.
              Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
              3
              He suffers this affliction and this desertion in the horror of night.
              Pascal's Pensées
              4
              The most dastardly sin on earth is the desertion of the fallen.
              Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida / Selected from the Works of Ou...
              5
              Every hour brings news of the desertion of some prince or general.
              Cleopatra — Volume 08

              Strategy in the prisoner's dilemma.

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                      Uso de defection em inglês
                      1
                      If confirmed, the defection would undermine Gaddafi's efforts to cling to power.
                      Reuters
                      2
                      He has been constantly linked with a possible defection to the Conservatives.
                      The Guardian
                      3
                      A Syrian security source confirmed the defection but played down its significance.
                      Reuters
                      4
                      If you wish, I could make a laudable case for your defection.
                      The bourne ultimatum
                      5
                      Their excellence only appears with the greater lustre amidst the general defection.
                      Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries / Inter...
                      6
                      So at the first chance of defection they took it, he said.
                      Reuters
                      7
                      The Pelignians, imitating the defection of the Marsians, met the same fate.
                      The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26
                      8
                      I became interested in the politics of defection in the late 1970s.
                      The Guardian
                      9
                      Ukridge by his defection had left me in charge of the farm.
                      Love Among the Chickens
                      10
                      Their defection reduced Egypt for the moment almost to her natural frontiers.
                      History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
                      11
                      It is the defection of Bavaria, and her accession to the alliance.
                      Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel
                      12
                      After the defection of Russia, France was in imperative need of men.
                      A History of Sea Power
                      13
                      The Germans, too, must soon learn of the defection of the supports.
                      Bruce
                      14
                      That it was happening too easily, that my defection wouldn't be tolerated.
                      The Girls
                      15
                      The defection is a coup for British and other western intelligence agencies.
                      The Guardian
                      16
                      Such an absence of interest did not bode well for his defection.
                      Agent 6
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                      Translations for defection
                      Defection ao longo do tempo
                      Defection nas variantes da língua
                      Irlanda
                      Comum
                      Reino Unido
                      Comum
                      Estados Unidos da América
                      Comum