Sekirov Dictionary

defect

/dɪˈfɛkt/

verb 4
/ˈdiːfɛkt/ noun 3
forms 3

verb4

To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
To join the enemy army.
•
To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- Passing through Thailand, she submitted a handwritten statement agreeing to defect, a requirement for North Korean refugees to be allowed to enter the South. — 2015

defect

/ˈdiːfɛkt/

noun3

•
A fault or malfunction.
- Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. — 1856
•
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- and the indefatigable application with which they have supplied the defects of early culture. — 1824
A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.

forms

defected · defecting · defects

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