Definition of "apostatize" []

• To abandon one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause. (verb-intransitive)

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• "To apostatize from Christ is to apostatize from the living God (Heb 2: 3)."
• "What does it mean to 'apostatize' in the first place? ""
• "Their actions can give us some gauge: depending on whether they accept martyrdom or apostatize; build a monastery or molest little girls; become suicide bombers or found the Missionaries of Charity."