"defection" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfɛkʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defection.wav Forms: defections [plural]
Etymology: From Latin dēfectiō (stem dēfectiōn-). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dēfectiō}} Latin dēfectiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} defection (countable and uncountable, plural defections)
  1. An act or incidence of defecting. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: defect, defective, defector, deficiency, deficient, deficit Translations (act or incidence of defecting): ἀποστασία (apostasía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), отстъпничество (otstǎpničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), defecció [feminine] (Catalan), 叛逃 (pàntáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 變節 (Chinese Mandarin), 变节 (biànjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 叛變 (Chinese Mandarin), 叛变 (pànbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), overlopen (Dutch), desertie (Dutch), défection [feminine] (French), განდგომა (gandgoma) (Georgian), განდგომილება (gandgomileba) (Georgian), Abtrünnigkeit [feminine] (German), Treuebruch [masculine] (German), Überlaufen (english: to the other party) [neuter] (German), pembelotan (Indonesian), tréigean [masculine] (Irish), defezione [feminine] (Italian), diserzione [feminine] (Italian), 変節 (hensetsu) (alt: へんせつ) (Japanese), 변절 (byeonjeol) (Korean), transfugium [neuter] (Latin), dēfectiō [feminine] (Latin), deserção [feminine] (Portuguese), defeção [feminine] (Portuguese), defectare [feminine] (Romanian), наруше́ние (narušénije) (alt: до́лга, ве́рности) [neuter] (Russian), дезерти́рство (dezertírstvo) (english: desertion) [neuter] (Russian), изме́на (izména) (english: treason) [feminine] (Russian), отсту́пничество (otstúpničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), ayrılma (Turkish), firar (note: from military service) (Turkish), ihanet (Turkish), enciliad [masculine] (Welsh), gwrthgiliad [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "defeção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "defectare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "до́лга, ве́рности",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narušénije",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "наруше́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "desertion",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dezertírstvo",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дезерти́рство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "treason",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izména",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изме́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstúpničestvo",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отсту́пничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "word": "ayrılma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "note": "from military service",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "word": "firar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "word": "ihanet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enciliad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act or incidence of defecting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwrthgiliad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defection"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": apostasy vs. otstúpničestvo",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
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