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apostasy

/əˈpɔs.tə.si/

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What does apostasy mean?

noun

  1. The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
  2. Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.

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On the other hand, he is highly indignant at the seducers whom he blames for the apostasy of the Galatians.
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
Its incurable disease was an apostasy from the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
John Quincy AdamsThe Jubilee of the Constitution Delivered at New York, April 30, 1839, Before the New York Historical SocietyProject Gutenberg ebook #896
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This was what he had got by apostasy, and his punishment was deserved.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
If the annals of apostasy offer anything comparable to such a declaration as that, I can only say that the case in point is not producible from the stores of my reading.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
They are like the two witnesses amidst the general apostasy, spoken of in the book of Revelations, who were the harbingers and forerunners of the millenium, the reign of universal virtue and peace.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743