apostasy
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Longstreet’s prominence made his apostasy an especially dangerous threat.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023
Among them is Lin Pao Rafetta, who is part of the Argentine Coalition for a Secular State, which has led the apostasy movement.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
According to Harvard University’s Gutman Library, the government of Quincy, Massachusetts in 1637 banned Thomas Morton’s “The New English Canaan” for apostasy in criticizing Puritan customs and exercise of power.
From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2023
But in recent years, the act of apostasy has been defined down.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022
An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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