Strong G6488ἀπόστασις

defection

Transliteration
apostasis
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

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)