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Meanings of defection in inglês

português
apostasia
catalão
apostasia
espanhol
renuncia

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

        apostasia
        português
        deserção
        catalão
        deserció
        espanhol
        abandono

        Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility.

              deserção
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              Examples for "renunciation"
              Examples for "renunciation"
              1
              It consists of the renunciation of the inward sin, the inward error.
              The Way of Peace
              2
              The renunciation of him and his work, no doubt, has some purpose.
              News.com.au
              3
              The automatic renunciation provisions have been used at least a dozen times.
              The Guardian
              4
              However, these issues seemed insufficient to justify a renunciation of continental comfort.
              The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
              5
              The life of St. Francis begins in his renunciation of the world.
              Mornings in Florence
              1
              The interior cause of this apostasy will be explained in what follows.
              The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love / To Which i...
              2
              Twenty-first-century followers of Patrick are now facing a different kind of apostasy.
              The Irish Times
              3
              The curse of religious and political apostasy lay heavy on the land.
              Tales and Sketches / Part 3 from Volume V of The Works of John G...
              4
              The angel's interpretation in this chapter does not leave the apostasy triumphant:
              Our Day / In the Light of Prophecy
              5
              Objection 1: It would seem that apostasy does not pertain to unbelief.
              Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...

              Strategy in the prisoner's dilemma.

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                      Usage of defection in 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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