Apostasy \A*pos"ta*sy\, n.; pl. Apostasies. [OE. apostasie, F.
apostasie, L. apostasia, fr. Gr. ? a standing off from, a
defection, fr. ? to stand off, revolt; ? from + ? to stand.
See Off and Stand.]
An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total
desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or
party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as,
Julian's apostasy from Christianity.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
apostasy
n 1: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your
political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing
beliefs or causes) [syn: renunciation, defection]
2: the act of abandoning a party or cause [syn: tergiversation]
WordNet (r) 2.0
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "apostasy":
Evangelicalism, Protestantism, Reform, Zwinglianism, about-face,
accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, agreement to disagree,
alienation, alteration, amelioration, atheism, backsliding,
betrayal, betterment, bolt, break, breakaway, change,
change of heart, changeableness, constructive change, continuity,
conversion, counter-culture, crossing-over, defection,
degeneration, degenerative change, dereliction, deserter,
desertion, deterioration, deviation, difference, disaccord,
disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, discontinuity,
disloyalty, disparity, dissatisfaction, dissension, dissent,
dissentience, dissidence, divergence, diversification, diversion,
diversity, dropping out, faithlessness, fall from grace, falseness,
fitting, flip-flop, going over, gradual change, impiety,
impiousness, improvement, irreligion, irreverence, lapse,
lapse from grace, melioration, minority opinion, mitigation,
modification, modulation, new theology, nonagreement, nonassent,
nonconcurrence, nonconformity, nonconsent, opposition, overthrow,
perfidy, qualification, radical change, ratting, re-creation,
realignment, recidivation, recidivism, recreancy, recusance,
recusancy, redesign, reform, reformation, rejection, remaking,
renewal, renunciation, repudiation, reshaping, restructuring,
reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, schism, secession,
shift, sudden change, switch, tergiversation, total change,
transition, treacherousness, treason, turn, turnabout,
turning traitor, underground, undutifulness, upheaval, variance,
variation, variety, violent change, walkout, withdrawal,
worsening
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
defection, renunciation, tergiversation
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