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
She also frequently fixes her camera on characters as they impassively recount stories of past traumas, such as an abortion and an apostasy; the sedateness of her shots mirrors the dispassion of their accounts.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023
Mace could’ve taken this opportunity to lean further into apostasy.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 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)
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