English
Etymology
From Latin dēfectiō dēfectiōn- ).
Pronunciation
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Noun
defection (countable and uncountable plural defections
An act or incidence of defecting .
Translations
act or incidence of defecting
Bulgarian: отстъпничество (bg) n ( otstǎpničestvo )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 叛逃 (zh) ( pàntáo ) , 變節 ／ 变节 (zh) ( biànjié ) , 变节 (zh) ( biànjié ) , 叛變 ／ 叛变 (zh) ( pànbiàn ) , 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
Greek:
Ancient: ἀποστασία f ( apostasía )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Indonesian: pembelotan (id)
Italian: defezione (it) f diserzione (it) f
Japanese: 変節 ( へんせつ, hensetsu )
Korean: 변절 (ko) ( byeonjeol )
Latin: transfugium n
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)