defection

See also: defecation and défection

English

Etymology

From Latin dēfectiō (stem dēfectiōn-).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛkʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

defection (countable and uncountable, plural defections)

1. 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

• defectionism
• defectionist
• nondefection
• postdefection
• predefection
• redefection

Related terms

• defect
• defective
• defector
• deficiency
• deficient
• deficit

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 Greek: 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