apostasy

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Still, I pressed on to see where the author was going with this horticultural apostasy.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023

“There are about a dozen countries in the world where apostasy or blasphemy is, at least in theory, subject to the death penalty,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023

Mace could’ve taken this opportunity to lean further into apostasy.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2022

His apostasy did not prevent the spread throughout Europe and the Ottoman Empire of — well, let’s call it his sect, though in some ways Sabbatianism was a new religion.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022

Too proud to acknowledge publicly the error which his heart recognized, he continued his apostasy until his death, by apoplexy, January 10, 1890.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)