apostasies
Desertions from belief
Apostasies is the plural of apostasy—the formal abandonment of a religious faith, political party, or cause one previously held.
The word carries weight: it implies not just leaving but renouncing, often with a sense of betrayal.
The church kept records of apostasies during the Reformation.
In Islam, apostasy can carry severe consequences under traditional law.
Abandoning one's loyalty
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
conversion · excommunication · blasphemy · infidelity · recantation · backsliding · unbelief · faithlessness
Bitter loss of faith
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
renunciation · skepticism · doubt · disbelief · questioning · break · departure · conversion
Abandoning one's loyalty
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- desertionUnlawful abandonment of duty
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
turncoat · renegade · dissidence · disaffection · realignment · ideological shift · disavowal · renouncement
defection
Abandoning one's loyalty
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
disbelief · conversion · excommunication · blasphemy · infidelity · recantation · backsliding · unbelief · faithlessness · irreligion
disillusionment
Bitter loss of faith
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
repudiation · renunciation · skepticism · doubt · disbelief · questioning · break · departure · conversion · transformation
defection
Abandoning one's loyalty
disloyalty · turncoat · renegade · dissidence · disaffection · realignment · ideological shift · disavowal · renouncement · recanting
apostasiesconversions
Changes in form or type
religious conversions · reconversions · coming to faith · initiations · baptisms
apostasiesfidelities
Plural steadfast devotions
faithfulness · constancies · loyalties · devotions · adherences