apostasy

Meaning of apostasy

noun
  1. the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle.
    the execution of their leader for apostasy brought widespread criticism

Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apostasia, from a late Greek alteration of Greek apostasis ‘defection’.

Information about apostasy

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of apostasy is: apostasies.
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Hyphenation of apostasy

apos-tasy

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • apostasy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

apostasy synonyms

Meaning renunciation:

renunciation, defection

Meaning tergiversation:

tergiversation

Meaning a statement that one no longer holds a particular opinion or belief; a retraction:

recantation

Meaning betrayal of trust:

treachery

Meaning the state of being deceitful and untrustworthy:

perfidy

Meaning the quality of not being loyal to a person, country, or organization; unfaithfulness:

disloyalty

Meaning the action of betraying one's country, a group, or a person; treachery:

betrayal

Meaning the action of deserting a person, cause, or organization:

desertion

Meaning belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine:

heresy

apostasy antonyms

Meaning the quality of being loyal:

loyalty

Translation of apostasy

Words that rhyme with apostasy

cystectasy, lithectasy, neurectasy, phlebectasy, telangiectasy, tracheaectasy, Fantasy, fantasy, nonfantasy, phantasy, Ecstasy, ecstasy, epistasy, eustasy, hypostasy, isostasy, psychostasy, extasy

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