ἀπόστασις
apostasis
- defection
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Glosses: defection
1. a standing away from , and so,
2. a defection, revolt , ἀπό τινος or τινος (Herdotus Historicus); πρός τινα (Thucydides)
3. departure from , βίου (Euripides)
4. distance, interval , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)