Synonyms for apostasy:
noun defection
Examples of uses:
And thou wouldst reward my devotion with apostasy insolence deceit!
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Juniper Creek, however, is a sinkhole of apostasy.
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Now they will see, how God rebukes apostasy and incest.
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She is facing discipline for charges of apostasy, or public dissent from church leaders.
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Title: Mormon sex therapist faces discipline and possible expulsion from the LDS Church, author: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, url: https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/04/16/mormon-sex-therapist-expulsion-lds/
Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee.
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Title: The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, author: Various, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8300/8300-h/8300-h.htm
Have we not here one of the plainest admissions of the total apostasy of the so-called Christian church?
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Title: Gospel Philosophy, author: J. H. Ward, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46635/46635-h/46635-h.htm
They were framed with malignant ingenuity, so as to leave no chance of escape save in open apostasy.
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Title: The Catacombs of Rome, author: William Henry Withrow, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47532/47532-h/47532-h.htm
Michael, however, looked very doubtful over his demanded apostasy.
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Title: Sinister Street, vol. 1, author: Compton Mackenzie, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33797/33797-h/33797-h.htm
True, Cranmer came to himself; he perceived that he was mocked, and felt both grief and shame in view of his apostasy.
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Title: Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI, author: John Lord, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10532/10532-h/10532-h.htm
Up to this point Paul has been occupied with the doctrinal aspect of the apostasy of the Galatians.
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Title: Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians, author: Martin Luther, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1549/1549-h/1549-h.htm
