Synonyms of defection

1 Syllable

lack

2 Syllables

failing, retreat, revolt, parting

3 Syllables

desertion, divorce, disownment, forsaking, breakaway, failure, secession, backsliding, heresy, withdrawal, heresies, rebellion, absenteeism, disloyalty, sundering, recreancy, rejection, faithlessness

4 Syllables

secularism, homesteading, emigration, disaffection, revisionism, dereliction, immigration, resettlement, apostasy, unfaithfulness, separation, deficiency, emigrations, severance, estrangement, repudiation

5 Syllables

disaffiliation, tergiversation, alienation