apostasy

apostasy ([schwa]-pos-t[schwa]-see).

1. Hist. A crime against religion consisting in the total renunciation of Christianity by one who had previously embraced it.

2. Eccles. law. Abandonment of religious vows without dispensation.

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法律翻译Cathy，在一家英国银圈所担任专职法律翻译，擅长翻译有关城市基础设施领域的法律文件。