defection
noun
desertion from allegiance, loyalty, duty, or the like; apostasy.
redefection
-
a word derived from
defection.
Example Sentences
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Still, word about Kim’s redefection is slowly spreading in the region along the North Korea-China border, according to Daily NK, a Seoul-based news service with informants inside North Korea.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2022
In 2020, North Korea’s state media widely publicized the redefection case of a 24-year-old North Korean who swam across a river back to the North.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2022
For waiting U.S. welfare workers, who had given them a start in a new country, the young Russians had no words to explain their redefection.
From Time Magazine Archive
Friends of Svetlana's expressed surprise and concern at her redefection.
From Time Magazine Archive
