apostasy
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Apostasy — the abandonment or renunciation of official or establishment belief — is integral to it.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2019
Members of the Anti Apostasy Movement, Indonesian Mujaheeds Council and the notoriously thuggish Islamic Defender’s Front, better known as FPI, are quick to say they go after provocative dangdut performances.
From Salon • May 30, 2012
Members of the Anti Apostasy Movement, Indonesian Mujaheeds Council and the notoriously thuggish Islamic Defender's Front, better known as FPI, are quick to say they go after provocative dangdut performances.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2012
First across the line, a length ahead of Kellsboro Jack, was a riderless horse named Apostasy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Apostasy, Apostacy, a-post′a-si, n. abandonment of one's religion, principles, or party: a revolt from ecclesiastical obedience, from a religious profession, or from holy orders.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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