Defection and Failure

Defection

Defection noun - Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility.

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Failure and defection are semantically related. in abandonment topic. In some cases you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Defection".

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Defection and failure are semantically related. You can use "Defection" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

initial	initial defection	initial failure
massive	massive defection	massive failure
horrible	horrible defection	horrible failure
apparent	apparent defection	apparent failure
Other adjectives: temporary, eventual, recent.

The X-301 prototype failure in Season 4 occurred because the engineers left too much of the original Death Gliders' technology in the fighter, including, as it turned out, a recall device installed on Apophis' orders after Teal'c's defection.

Source: Space Fighter
For instance, the failure of the Avenger in The Empire Strikes Back led to its captain and his entire family being killed; the defection of Avarice in The Bacta War calls for the execution of the entire crew (if they're ever caught), their families, the captain's mistress, and her family.

Source: The Purge

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