单词 | apostasy |
释义 | apostasy/əˈpɒstəsi![]() noun [mass noun] The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle: the execution of their leader for apostasy brought widespread criticism...
Synonyms renunciation of belief, abandonment of belief, recantation; treachery, perfidy, faithlessness, disloyalty, betrayal, defection, desertion; heresy rare tergiversation, recreancy OriginMiddle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apostasia, from a late Greek alteration of Greek apostasis 'defection'. |
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