apostatize

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The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues’s decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize, even in the face of others’ deaths.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2017

If ever he did apostatize, he was bound by a solemn promise to the Emperor of Morocco to turn Mussulman.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Is this the man likely to apostatize from every principle that can bind him to the State—his birth, his property, his education, his character, and his children?

From Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell by Anonymous

Suppressing, at once, all the monasteries existing in the country, and giving their property to the nobles who were willing to apostatize.

From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.

If, however, the eldest son consented to apostatize, the estate was settled upon him, the father from that hour became only a life-tenant, and lost all power of selling, mortgaging, or otherwise disposing of it.

From Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question by Godkin, Edwin Lawrence