Bible Dictionaries
Defection
Webster's Dictionary
(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.