"apostatize" meaning in English

See apostatize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: apostatizes [present, singular, third-person], apostatizing [participle, present], apostatized [participle, past], apostatized [past], apostatise [alternative]
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  1. To give up or renounce one's position or belief. Synonyms: commit apostasy, apostasize Derived forms: unapostatized Related terms: apostasy, apostate, apostatic, apostatically Translations (give up one's position or belief): اِرْتَدَّ (irtadda) (Arabic), apostatar (Catalan), odpadnout od víry [perfective] (Czech), luopua uskosta (Finnish), apostasier (French), abtrünnig sein (German), vom Glauben abfallen (German), apostatō (Latin), odstępować [imperfective] (Polish), odstąpić [perfective] (Polish), apostatar (Portuguese), apostatar (Spanish)

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      ],
      "word": "odstąpić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "give up one's position or belief",
      "word": "apostatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "give up one's position or belief",
      "word": "apostatar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apostatize"
}

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