Defect and Deny

Defect

Defect verb - Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.

Deny and defect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deny" instead a verb "Defect".

Deny

Deny verb - To declare not to be true.

Defect and deny are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a verb "Deny".

Nearby Words: denial, denied, denying, deniable

Common collocations

truth defect truth deny truth
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