apostatise

Questions about apostatise

What does apostatise mean?

apostatise means "abandon one's beliefs or allegiances".

How many syllables are in apostatise?

apostatise has 4 syllables: a-po-sta-tise. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for apostatise?

Close synonyms include apostatize, tergiversate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apostatise a common word?

apostatise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.