apostatar

Meaning

to commit apostasy

Concepts

apostatize

backslide

tergiversate

apostatise

Synonyms

apostasiar

Translations

apostasier

abfallen

apostatar

abtrünnig werden

sich lossagen

αποστατώ

tergiverser

changer de camp

retourner sa chemise

rinnegare

afvallen

afvallig worden

مرق

apostatar

ارتد

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.pos.taˈta(ʁ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin apostatāre (“to forsake one's religion, to apostatize”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστατέω (apostatéō, “stand aloof from; fall away (from the divine)”).