Defect and Relinquish

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

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

Relinquish verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Defect and relinquish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a verb "Relinquish".

Nearby Word: relinquishing

number	defect number	relinquish number
duties	defect duties	relinquish duties

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