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defection

/dɪˈfɛkʃən/ noun C2
  1. An act or incidence of defecting. (countable, uncountable) · military defection· political defection

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Kitty and Lydia take his defection much more to heart than I do.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 174 · B2

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