defection

See also: defecation, and défection

English

Etymology

From Latin dēfectiō (stem dēfectiōn-).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛkʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

defection (countable and uncountable, plural defections)

1. An act or incidence of defecting.

Derived terms

• defectionism
• defectionist
• nondefection
• postdefection
• predefection
• redefection

 

Related terms

Related terms

• defect
• defective
• defector
• deficiency
• deficient
• deficit

Translations

act or incidence of defecting

Bulgarian: отстъпничество (bg) n (otstǎpničestvo) Catalan: defecció f Chinese: Mandarin: 叛逃 (zh) (pàntáo), 變節／变节 (zh) (biànjié), 叛變／叛变 (zh) (pànbiàn) Dutch: overlopen (nl), desertie (nl) French: défection (fr) f Georgian: განდგომა (gandgoma), განდგომილება (gandgomileba) German: Abtrünnigkeit f, Treuebruch m, Überlaufen n (to the other party) Greek: Ancient: ἀποστασία f (apostasía) Indonesian: pembelotan (id) Irish: tréigean m Italian: defezione (it) f, diserzione (it) f Japanese: 変節 (へんせつ, hensetsu) Korean: 변절 (ko) (byeonjeol) Latin: transfugium n, dēfectiō f Portuguese: deserção (pt) f, defeção f Romanian: defectare (ro) f Russian: наруше́ние (ru) n (narušénije) (до́лга, ве́рности), дезерти́рство (ru) n (dezertírstvo) (desertion), изме́на (ru) f (izména) (treason), отсту́пничество (ru) n (otstúpničestvo) (apostasy) Turkish: ayrılma (tr), firar (tr) (from military service), ihanet (tr) Welsh: enciliad m, gwrthgiliad m