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.

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

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: 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