Synonym: abandonment, apostasy, desertion, renunciation. Similar words: defective, defect, affection, infection, perfection, defector, confection, affectional. Meaning: [dɪ'fekʃn] 
n. 1. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility 2. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes).
n. 1. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility 2. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes). 
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(1) His defection to the other side was the ultimate betrayal.
(2) Recent changes in policy have resulted in large-scale defection from the party.
(3) To attempt defection would be to sign their death warrants, and no man could be expected to do that.
(4) The more sceptical see Vercruysse's defection simply as a private tiff between the artist and Hoet.
(5) Following Rothermere's defection, radical voices within the movement suggested the use of open anti-semitism to stimulate popular response.
(6) Still totally disillusioned by Hugh's defection, she had not begun to consider the possibility of a new relationship.
(7) Mukhamedov's defection two years ago, just as Communism was falling apart, will not be forgiven in a hurry.
(8) Philby remained bitter towards Burgess, whose defection had thrown suspicion on him and ultimately led to his unmasking.
(9) The defection of foreign personnel from his programme, that too was crisis.
(10) Andy Hertzfeld recalls being so stunned at the defection that he felt the entire project might fall apart.
(11) Warwick's defection also called into question the loyalty of royal retainers within the duchy of Lancaster.
(12) His defection from the party dim his political career.
(13) The successful defection of Lyalin presented MI 5 with a unique opportunity.
(14) Deadlock is a boring game where mutual defection pays best.
(15) Enterprises have to realize that 1 % defection of a product equals 100 % loss for the customer.
(16) As Colonel Karuna's defection suggests, the Tigers'grip on the east was always loose. Sentencedict.com
(17) OBJECTIVE : To investigate the defection dynamics of Yiqi Runchang Liquid in treating asthenic - type constipation.
(18) The mobile agent defects the intrusion through various defection techniques.
(19) This week brought a high-profile defection in the person of Santo Versace, thebrother of the designers Donatella and the late Gianni Versace.
(20) Markov model can overcome this defection, so combine CM(1,1) with Markov model to predict peak-load of an area in Shangdong province.
(21) But for its defection, there are large number of redundancy and error in slice profile data.
(22) Soccer Western agents rub hands over the prospect of an eastern defection Talking Point.
(23) The Romans tended to regard the course of history as alternating between defection from and adherence to traditional values.
(24) It seemed to indicate that the primary reason for the defection was homosexuality.
(25) Objective : To investigate the method of repairing soft - tissue defection of ankle and foot.
(26) In the personal application field, it can provide handy SDS (short data service), which can remedy the defection of traditional paging system and offer a chance to unite the paper industry.
(27) A gating circuit of the power amplifier was introduced, this method successfully solutes the high noise defection of present power amplifier.
(28) Methods Adopting the chest abdomen consociation flap to repair arms large area skins defection in 23 cases.
(29) If this is true, this should be following the defection of the Libyan foreign minister to Britain after the Coosa, and a Libyan official heavyweight fled.
(30) Having a good prediction on customer′s buying behavior is the key to many studying sections, such as customer lifetime valuation(CLV) and customer defection management.
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