To the followers of the Daesh terrorist group, all Muslims are guilty of apostasy because they don't recognize the authority of their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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Apostasy
//əˈpɔs.tə.si//
Synonyms for "apostasy" (144 found)
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88 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀποστασία noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Arabic
2 entries- اِرْتِدَاد noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- رِدَّة noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- irtidad noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Belarusian
2 entries- адсту́пніцтва noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- вераадсту́пніцтва noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вероотстъ́пничество noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- вероотстъ́пничество noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- отстъ́пничество noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- отстъ́пничество noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Catalan
2 entries- apostasia noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- apostasia noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 叛教 noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- 叛教 noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- 背教 noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- 變節 /变节 noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Czech
2 entries- odpadlictví noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- odpadlictví noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Dutch
3 entries- afvalligheid noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- afvalligheid noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- geloofsafval noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Finnish
3 entries- luopuminen noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- luopuminen uskosta noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- luopumus noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
French
1 entries- apostasie noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Georgian
1 entries- განდგომილობა noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
German
2 entries- Abtrünnigkeit noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- Apostasie noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Greek
1 entries- αποστασία noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Hausa
1 entries- ridda noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Hungarian
2 entries- aposztázia noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- aposztázia noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Indonesian
4 entries- kemurtadan noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- murtad noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- murtad noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- ridat noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Irish
4 entries- athchreideamh noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- athchreideamh noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- séanadh creidimh noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- séanadh creidimh noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Italian
2 entries- apostasia noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- apostasia noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Japanese
3 entries- 背信 noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- 背教 noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- 背教 noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Korean
2 entries- 배교 noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- 배교 noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- иртидaд noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Latin
1 entries- apostasia noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Macedonian
4 entries- отпадништво noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- отпадништво noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- отстапништво noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- отстапништво noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Māori
3 entries- apotatatanga noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- ngākau rere noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- ngākau rere noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ردت noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- ردت noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Persian
1 entries- ارتداد noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Polish
4 entries- apostazja noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- apostazja noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- apostazja noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- odstępstwo noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Portuguese
2 entries- apostasia noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- apostasia noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Romanian
1 entries- apostazie noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Russian
4 entries- апоста́сия noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- вероотступни́чество noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- отсту́пничество noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- отступни́чество noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- àicheadh-chreidimh noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Somali
1 entries- ridda noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Spanish
2 entries- apostasía noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- apostasía noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Swedish
4 entries- apostasi noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- apostasi noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
- avfall noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- avfall noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Tajik
1 entries- иртидод noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Turkish
1 entries- irtidad noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Turkmen
1 entries- irtidad noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відсту́пництво noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
- віровідсту́пництво noun (renunciation of one's religion or faith)
Uzbek
1 entries- irtidod noun (renunciation of set of beliefs)
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Apostasy is a human right.
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Tom's apostasy will not go unpunished.
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The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse at the Hall occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world to which Waverley-Honour formed the centre: but the more judicious politicians of this microcosm augured yet worse consequences to Richard Waverley from a movement which shortly followed his apostasy.
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