[uh-pos-tuh-see] 
| a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc. |
| a·pos·ta·sy (ə-pŏs'tə-sē) n. pl. a·pos·ta·sies Abandonment of one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause. [Middle English apostasie, from Old French, from Late Latin apostasia, defection, from Late Greek apostasiā, from Greek apostasis, revolt, from aphistanai, aposta-, to revolt : apo-, apo- + histanai, to stand, place; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] |
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