About The Word Apostatize
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Apostatize
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What's The Definition Of Apostatize?
[v] abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
Synonyms | Synonyms for Apostatize: apostatise | tergiversate Related Terms | Find terms related to Apostatize: apostacize | betray | bolt | break away | change sides | defect | degenerate | desert | fall away | fall off | go over | let down | pull out | rat | renegade | renege | renounce | repudiate | run out on | secede | sell out | switch | switch over | tergiversate | turn | turn against | turn cloak | turn traitor See Also | renounce | repudiate Apostatize In Webster's Dictionary \A*pos"ta*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Apostatized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Apostatizing}.] [LL. apostatizare.]
To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to
forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or
the party to which one has previously adhered.
He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to
believing in ?emblances. --Carlyle.
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