English
Etymology
From Latin dēfectiō (stem dēfectiōn-).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛkʃən/
Noun
defection (countable and uncountable, plural defections)
- An act or incidence of defecting.
military defection
political defection
mass defection
The general’s sudden defection shocked the government.
The party suffered another defection to the opposition.
Derived terms
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
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