defection Definition

desertion, abandonment, apostasy, renunciation, resignation, defector, resigning, party, attrition, jailbreak, surrender, escaping, escape, dropout, flight, drop-out, shakeup, ouster, expulsion, disloyalty, demotion, dismissal, revolt, dissension, disenchantment, infighting, mutiny, disillusionment, turncoat, upheaval, rejection, downfall, betrayal, setback, disaffection, disunity, departure, estrangement, schism, layoff, backlash, breakup, disgruntlement, misstep, discontent, exodus, ascension, reshuffle, demise, ascendance, revelation, arrival, ousting, anointment, emergence, sacking, coup, snub, absence, disqualification, omission, announcement, dalliance, decampment, dethronement, faction, heir apparent, reappearance, defenestration, reemergence, rift, ructions, ruling, bolting, walkout, dissidence, protege, signing, defeat, ascendence, backdown, turnabout, bombshell, loyalists, banishment, rebuff, persona non grata, move, overtures, appointment, rapprochement, sidelining, turn against, switcheroo, prodition, transfuge, slipup, tepidness, withdrawal, benching,