Words and phrases that have a meaning related to defection: (123 results)
Often used in the same context:
departure, exodus, shakeup, ascension, reshuffle, ouster, demotion, demise, ascendance, revelation, resignation, dismissal, arrival, defector, expulsion, ousting, anointment, emergence, sacking, coup, snub, absence, desertion, disqualification, omission, axing, announcement, disloyalty, dalliance, decampment, turncoat, disenchantment, dissension, revolt, setback, dethronement, faction, heir apparent, rejection, reappearance, defenestration, mutiny, reemergence, rift, ructions, upheaval, ruling, bolting, walkout, estrangement, downfall, breakup, dissidence, protege, signing, infighting, defeat, ascendence, backdown, backlash, turnabout, layoff, bombshell, loyalists, banishment, rebuff, disillusionment, persona non grata, move, overtures, appointment, schism, rapprochement, sidelining, switcheroo, misstep, disgruntlement, slipup, tepidness, disunity, withdrawal, benching, indiscretion, discontent, retirements, termination, consternation, betrayal, implosion, dissolution, putsch, erstwhile, succession, indisposition, shuffle, unhappiness, transgression, ascendancy, discontinuation, closeness, elite, exit, secession, defections, abdication, apostasy, deportation, discomfiture, victory, backsliding, capitulation, demobilization, repatriation, resignations, confiscation
More specific:
abscondment, absence without leave, deviationism, unauthorized absence
Appears in the definition of:
deviationism, walk-in
Synonyms:
Also try:abandonment, renunciation
— Adjectives for defection: general, mutual, great, anti, serious, possible, political, sudden, universal, total, open, more...
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