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What is the noun for
defections
?
What's the
noun
for
defections
? Here's the word you're looking for.
defect
A
fault
or
malfunction
.
The
quantity
or
amount
by which anything falls
short
.
(
mathematics
)
A
part
by which a
figure
or quantity is
wanting
or deficient.
Synonyms
:
flaw
,
deficiency
,
fault
,
imperfection
,
failing
,
weakness
,
shortcoming
,
inadequacy
,
want
,
foible
,
frailty
,
lack
,
drawback
,
sin
,
infirmity
,
injury
,
scarcity
,
shortage
,
unsoundness
,
vice
,
weak spot
,
weak point
,
limitation
,
blemish
,
problem
,
snag
,
demerit
,
disadvantage
,
catch
,
handicap
,
failure
,
insufficiency
,
impediment
,
difficulty
,
hindrance
,
hitch
,
pitfall
,
disbenefit
,
complication
,
lapse
,
obstacle
,
hiccup
,
fallibility
,
dearth
,
dereliction
,
poverty
,
shortfall
,
hurdle
,
downside
,
stumbling block
…
more
Examples
:
“His main
defect
is that he closes himself off, in self-protective loneliness.”
“The computer calculates features from the picture and decides if there is any
defect
on the surface of the cast metal.”
“Testing of the software has exposed a critical
defect
that needs to be fixed urgently.”
defectionist
One who advocates or encourages
defection
.
defectiveness
The state or quality of being
defective
.
Synonyms
:
inadequacy
,
imperfection
,
weakness
,
faultiness
,
failure
,
malfunction
,
deficiency
,
flaw
,
defect
,
failing
,
foible
,
lack
,
incompleteness
,
insufficiency
,
limitation
,
shortcoming
,
fault
,
fallibility
,
blemish
,
infirmity
,
weak point
,
aberration
,
frailness
,
frailty
,
fragility
,
want
,
blight
,
pitfall
,
shortfall
,
weak spot
,
vice
,
chink in your armour
,
drawback
,
problem
,
Achilles heel
,
demerit
,
sin
,
dereliction
,
lapse
,
glitch
,
bug
,
catch
,
error
,
unsoundness
,
peccadillo
,
quirk
,
feet of clay
,
hang-up
,
blind spot
,
idiosyncrasy
…
more
Examples
:
“There now exists a vast repository of images that make it harder to maintain this kind of moral
defectiveness
.”
“Admittedly a number of factors will contribute to the moral
defectiveness
and the aesthetic
defectiveness
of the work in question.”
“The Act does not mention the cost of the product as a factor in determining
defectiveness
.”
defectivity
State or quality of being
defective
.
defection
an act or incidence of
defecting
Synonyms
:
desertion
,
betrayal
,
disloyalty
,
perfidy
,
faithlessness
,
apostasy
,
dereliction
,
backsliding
,
absconding
,
decamping
,
abandonment
,
recantation
,
flight
,
disaffection
,
recreancy
,
estrangement
,
rebellion
,
treason
,
tergiversation
,
withdrawal
,
retreat
,
forsaking
,
revolt
,
secession
,
alienation
,
disownment
,
rejection
,
repudiation
,
divorce
,
deficiency
,
failing
,
failure
,
lack
,
parting
,
separation
,
severance
,
sundering
,
changing allegiances
,
changing sides
,
treachery
,
conversion
,
unfaithfulness
,
deconversion
,
renunciation of belief
,
abandonment of belief
,
recreance
,
falseness
,
heresy
,
dissent
,
reversion
…
more
Examples
:
“The company is expected to announce an alliance with that company in an attempt to stem the
defection
of customers to the cable companies.”
“The costs of
defection
, for its weaker participants, would assuredly be higher than are the costs of continued compliance.”
“The amnesty was offered after Ieng Sary led a mass
defection
of thousands of Khmer Rouge forces to the government.”
defective
A person or thing considered to be defective.
defector
one who
defects
.
Synonyms
:
deserter
,
turncoat
,
apostate
,
renegade
,
traitor
,
betrayer
,
recreant
,
quisling
,
Judas
,
tergiversator
,
rebel
,
rat
,
runaway
,
runagate
,
double-crosser
,
backstabber
,
backslider
,
heretic
,
snake
,
spy
,
double agent
,
mutineer
,
collaborator
,
double-dealer
,
serpent
,
outlaw
,
dissident
,
fraternizer
,
iconoclast
,
insurgent
,
conspirator
,
informer
,
Benedict Arnold
,
snake in the grass
,
treasonist
,
back-stabber
,
fugitive
,
fifth columnist
,
colluder
,
deceiver
,
escapee
,
renegado
,
refugee
,
two-timer
,
sneak
,
dissenter
,
schismatic
,
renouncer
,
snitch
,
fink
…
more
Examples
:
“Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon A North Korean
defector
tries to capture peace in Brazil after the Korean War.”
“At the time, Elisse Hategan, a prominent
defector
from the Heritage Front, slammed the report as a whitewash.”
“In 1978, Bulgarian
defector
Georgi Markov was killed in London, stabbed by a poisoned umbrella point wielded by an unknown secret agent.”
defectivenesses
plural of
defectiveness
Synonyms
:
inadequacies
,
imperfections
,
weaknesses
,
faultinesses
,
failures
,
malfunctions
,
deficiencies
,
flaws
,
defects
,
failings
,
foibles
,
lacks
,
incompletenesses
,
insufficiencies
,
limitations
,
shortcomings
,
faults
,
fallibilities
,
blemishes
,
infirmities
,
aberrations
,
frailties
,
fragilities
,
frailnesses
,
wants
,
blights
,
pitfalls
,
vices
,
weak spots
,
shortfalls
,
drawbacks
,
problemata
,
Achilles heels
,
demerits
,
sins
,
derelictions
,
lapses
,
glitches
,
bugs
,
catches
,
unsoundnesses
,
errors
,
peccadilloes
,
quirks
,
feet of clay
,
hang-ups
,
blind spots
,
idiosyncrasies
,
miscarriages
,
injuries
…
more
defectionists
plural of
defectionist
defectives
plural of
defective
defections
plural of
defection
Synonyms
:
desertions
,
betrayals
,
disloyalties
,
perfidies
,
faithlessnesses
,
apostasies
,
derelictions
,
backslidings
,
abscondings
,
abandonments
,
recantations
,
flights
,
disaffections
,
recreancies
,
estrangements
,
rebellions
,
treasons
,
tergiversations
,
withdrawals
,
retreats
,
forsakings
,
revolts
,
secessions
,
alienations
,
disownments
,
rejections
,
repudiations
,
divorces
,
deficiencies
,
failings
,
failures
,
lacks
,
partings
,
separations
,
severances
,
sunderings
,
treacheries
,
conversions
,
unfaithfulnesses
,
deconversions
,
falsenesses
,
heresies
,
dissents
,
reversions
,
infidelities
,
perfidiousnesses
,
falsities
,
deceitfulnesses
,
improbities
,
inconstancies
…
more
Examples
:
“Most political
defections
have a story behind them, one of disappointed hopes or betrayal.”
“Following a number of
defections
from other parties, Thai Rak Thai commanded an absolute majority in parliament.”
“New
defections
, followed by bibulous celebrations in the Palais Royal, were reported daily.”
defectors
plural of
defector
Synonyms
:
deserters
,
turncoats
,
apostates
,
renegades
,
traitors
,
betrayers
,
recreants
,
quislings
,
Judases
,
tergiversators
,
rebels
,
rats
,
runaways
,
runagates
,
double-crossers
,
backsliders
,
double agents
,
backstabbers
,
heretics
,
spies
,
double-dealers
,
collaborators
,
snakes
,
snakes in the grass
,
Benedict Arnolds
,
mutineers
,
conspirators
,
serpents
,
informers
,
fifth columnists
,
iconoclasts
,
outlaws
,
fraternizers
,
dissidents
,
insurgents
,
treasonists
,
refugees
,
deceivers
,
colluders
,
fugitives
,
renegados
,
escapees
,
two-timers
,
sympathizers
,
sneaks
,
sympathisers
,
schismatics
,
stool pigeons
,
snitches
,
asylum seekers
…
more
Examples
:
“The most senior of all the Soviet
defectors
to the west, Orlov survived into his old age.”
“Successful collusion often takes a third party to regulate the agreement and punish
defectors
.”
“They told bald-faced lies or provided to Western intelligence
defectors
who told bald-faced lies.”
defects
plural of
defect
Synonyms
:
flaws
,
deficiency
,
faults
,
imperfection
,
failings
,
weaknesses
,
shortcomings
,
inadequacy
,
want
,
foibles
,
frailty
,
lacks
,
drawbacks
,
sins
,
infirmities
,
injury
,
scarcity
,
shortage
,
unsoundness
,
vices
,
weak spots
,
crack
,
blemishes
,
chips
,
deformities
,
disfigurement
,
fractures
,
irregularities
,
kink
,
scars
,
scratches
,
blight
,
blotches
,
breaks
,
deformation
,
excrescences
,
excrescencies
,
knots
,
marks
,
patches
,
rifts
,
spots
,
blots
,
marrings
,
pockmarks
,
snags
,
specks
…
more
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