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Apostasy
| Apostasy Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Apostasy?
[n] the act of abandoning a party or cause
[n] the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Apostasy: defection |
renunciation |
tergiversation
Related Terms | Find terms related to Apostasy: 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 |
Evangelicalism |
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 |
Protestantism |
qualification |
radical change |
ratting |
realignment |
recidivation |
recidivism |
recreancy |
re-creation |
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 |
Zwinglianism
See Also | abandonment |
desertion |
forsaking |
rejection
Apostasy In Webster's Dictionary
\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.
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