defection
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ʃən noun
1.
desertion from allegiance, loyalty, duty, or the like; apostasy: His defection to East Germany was regarded as treasonable.
2.
failure; lack; loss: He was overcome by a sudden defection of courage.
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Defection
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Word Origin & History
defection
1540s, "action of failing;" 1550s, "action of deserting a party, leader, etc." from L. defectionem "desertion, revolt, failure," noun of action from deficere (see deficient). Originally of faith.
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Example sentences
Defection could, indeed, signal a lack of professional fitness.
But it also led to a nearly complete defection of all the participants to the punishing group.
Nor has the firm been helped by the defection of some of its top talent to rival arbitrageurs.
Low-cost laptop program sees a key leadership defection.
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