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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Defection \De*fec"tion\, n. [L. defectio: cf. F. d['e]fection.
      See Defect.]
      Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by
      allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself;
      desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy;
      backsliding. "Defection and falling away from God." --Sir W.
      Raleigh.
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            The general defection of the whole realm. --Sir J.
                                                     Davies.
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