defection

Nouns

  • (n) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
    • his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
    desertion, abandonment,
  • (n) the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) apostasy, renunciation,

Synonyms

desertion abandonment apostasy renunciation

Words of close approximity

defective