Soft enticements of domestic life too often draw him from the ascetic trail; a monk who apostatizes to the world at times.
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Apostatize
Synonyms for "apostatize" (35 found)
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Related words (17)
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Translations
11 translations across 9 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِرْتَدَّ verb (give up one's position or belief)
Catalan
1 entries- apostatar verb (give up one's position or belief)
Czech
1 entries- odpadnout od víry verb (give up one's position or belief)
Finnish
1 entries- luopua uskosta verb (give up one's position or belief)
French
1 entries- apostasier verb (give up one's position or belief)
German
2 entries- abtrünnig sein verb (give up one's position or belief)
- vom Glauben abfallen verb (give up one's position or belief)
Polish
2 entries- odstąpić verb (give up one's position or belief)
- odstępować verb (give up one's position or belief)
Portuguese
1 entries- apostatar verb (give up one's position or belief)
Spanish
1 entries- apostatar verb (give up one's position or belief)
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