Usually means: Abandonment of one's religious faith.
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  1. apostasy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. apostasy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apostasy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. apostasy: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Apostasy, apostasy: Wordnik
  7. apostasy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. apostasy: Wiktionary
  9. apostasy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. apostasy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Apostasy, apostasy: Dictionary.com
  13. Apostasy (band), Apostasy (disambiguation), Apostasy, The Apostasy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Apostasy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. apostasy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. apostasy: Rhymezone
  17. Apostasy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. apostasy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. apostasy: Free Dictionary
  20. apostasy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. apostasy: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. Apostasy: Catholic Encyclopedia
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  1. apostasy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See apostasies as well.)

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noun:  The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
noun:  Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.

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