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defection

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defection
noun
his defection to the United States:
desertion, absconding, decamping, flight;
changing sides/allegiances, apostasy, recantation, secession;
treason, betrayal, disloyalty, rebellion, mutiny, perfidy;
rare tergiversation, recreancy.