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defection

/dɪˈfɛkʃən/

defection noun: an act or incidence of defecting.

Noun

defection (countable and uncountable, plural defections)

  1. An act or incidence of defecting.
    • military defection
    • political defection

defection meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian

defection in Tamil

எதிருரை, தற்காப்பு, பாதுகாப்பு, மறுப்புரை, இடம் மாறிப் போதல்

defection in Malayalam

absconding, desertion, decamping
കൂറുവിടൽ, കക്ഷിമാറ്റം, കൂറുമാറ്റം, കൂടുമാറ്റം, കളം മാറിചവിട്ടൽ, ഒളിച്ചോടൽ

defection in Kannada

ತ್ಯಾಗ, ಪಕ್ಷಾಂತರ, ದೇಶಾಂತರ, ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಹೋಗುವುದು

defection in Indonesian

act or incidence of defecting
pembelotan

Examples of defection in a sentence

  • The general’s sudden defection shocked the government.
  • The party suffered another defection to the opposition.

Forms of defection

pluraldefections

Plural of defection: defections

Origin of defection

From Latin dēfectiō (stem dēfectiōn-).

Words formed from defection

Questions about defection

What does defection mean?
Defection means an act or incidence of defecting.
What is defection in Tamil?
Defection in Tamil is எதிருரை, தற்காப்பு, பாதுகாப்பு. See Defection meaning in Tamil.
How do you use defection in a sentence?
The general’s sudden defection shocked the government.
What part of speech is defection?
Defection is a noun.
How do you pronounce defection?
Defection is pronounced /dɪˈfɛkʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of defection?
The plural of defection is defections.

Words near defection in the dictionary

  1. defected
  2. defectibilities
  3. defectibility
  4. defectible
  5. defecting
  6. defection
  7. defectionism
  8. defectionist
  9. defectionists
  10. defections
  11. defectious

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: defection (page history and authors); defection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defection (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); defection (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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