afvalligheid

Meaning

1. (feminine) apostasy, disloyalty, desertion
2. (feminine) an ideological renunciation or secession, notably apostasy, schismatic renunciation of (part of) a confessional creed, whether by joining another or not

Concepts

apostasy

abandonment

desertion

equivocation

relinquishment

renunciation

tmesis

abandoning

forlesing

backsliding

Synonyms

abandonnement

cessie

ongedwongenheid

toegeving

verlating

verzaking

achterlating

desertie

veronachtzaming

overlating

nonchalence

vrachtweigering

Translations

apostasia

apostasie

apostasía

apostasia

Apostasie

ردة

αποστασία

Abtrünnigkeit

apostasia

renonciation

dérobade

désertion

abbandono

abandon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɑˈfɑ.ləxˌɦɛi̯t/

Etymology

From afvallig (“disloyal, secessionist, apostate”) + -heid (“-ness, -hood”).