We found 27 dictionaries that define the word defection:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

1. defection: Merriam-Webster
2. defection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
3. defection: Collins English Dictionary
4. defection: Vocabulary.com
5. Defection, defection: Wordnik
6. defection: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
7. defection: Wiktionary
8. defection: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
9. defection: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
10. defection: Infoplease Dictionary
11. Defection, defection: Dictionary.com
12. defection: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
13. Defection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
14. Defection: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
15. defection: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
16. defection: Rhymezone
17. Defection: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
18. defection: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
19. defection: FreeDictionary.org
20. defection: Mnemonic Dictionary
21. defection: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

22. Defection (politics), defection: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

23. defection: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

24. defection: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

25. defection: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (defection) ▸ noun:  An act or incidence of defecting. Similar: abandonment, desertion, renunciation, apostasy, departure, secession, farewell, abdication, dereliction, devolvement, more... Opposite: loyalty, allegiance, faithfulness Types: treason, desertion, abandonment, betrayal, more... Phrases: Defection of Viktor Belenko, Formal act of defection from the Catholic Church, Martin and Mitchell defection, more... Adjectives: general, mutual, great, anti, serious, possible, political, sudden, universal, total, open Colors:     gray,     black,     white,     dark blue,     charcoal, more... ▸ Words similar to defection ▸ Usage examples for defection ▸ Idioms related to defection ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing defection ▸ Words that often appear near defection ▸ Rhymes of defection ▸ Invented words related to defection