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(n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defection'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/defection.html. 1828.
 
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