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Changing your mind, but with worse PR and occasionally a death sentence.
means The abandonment of a religious faith, political party, or set of principles you once held — especially when others view that departure as a betrayal.
from From Greek apostasis, meaning 'standing away from' or 'defection' — built from apo ('away from') plus stasis ('standing'). It originally described soldiers deserting their post before it narrowed, through religious use, to mean deserting one's faith.
- origin
- greek for standing away from something
- legal status
- still capital crime in several countries today
- irony
- every religion began as apostasy from another
- secular version
- also used for quitting political parties