n. 25B6; noun DESERTION, absconding, decamping, flight; apostasy, secession; treason, betrayal, disloyalty; poetic/literary perfidy; rare tergiversation.
DEFECTION
Meaning of DEFECTION in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012