apostatize

English

Alternative forms

• apostatise

Etymology

apostate +‎ -ize

Verb

apostatize (third-person singular simple present apostatizes, present participle apostatizing, simple past and past participle apostatized)

1. To give up or renounce one's position or belief.
   • 1857, Herman Melville, chapter XXVI, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:

     Soft enticements of domestic life too often draw him from the ascetic trail; a monk who apostatizes to the world at times.

Synonyms

• commit apostasy, apostasize

Related terms

• apostasy
• apostate
• apostatic
• apostatically

 

Translations

give up one's position or belief

• Arabic: اِرْتَدَّ (irtadda)
• Catalan: apostatar (ca)
• German: abtrünnig sein, vom Glauben abfallen
• Portuguese: apostatar
• Spanish: apostatar (es)