apostasy
Meaning of apostasy
noun
- the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle.
the execution of their leader for apostasy brought widespread criticism
Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apostasia, from a late Greek alteration of Greek apostasis ‘defection’.
Information about apostasy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of apostasy is: apostasies.
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Hyphenation of apostasy
apos-tasy
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- apostasy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
apostasy synonyms
Meaning renunciation:
Meaning tergiversation:
Meaning a statement that one no longer holds a particular opinion or belief; a retraction:
Meaning betrayal of trust:
Meaning the state of being deceitful and untrustworthy:
Meaning the quality of not being loyal to a person, country, or organization; unfaithfulness:
Meaning the action of betraying one's country, a group, or a person; treachery:
Meaning the action of deserting a person, cause, or organization:
Meaning belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine:
apostasy antonyms
Meaning the quality of being loyal:
Translation of apostasy
Words that rhyme with apostasy
cystectasy, lithectasy, neurectasy, phlebectasy, telangiectasy, tracheaectasy, Fantasy, fantasy, nonfantasy, phantasy, Ecstasy, ecstasy, epistasy, eustasy, hypostasy, isostasy, psychostasy, extasy
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