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the crime of changing your mind, prosecuted by people who never have.
means the formal abandonment of a religion, belief, or cause you used to swear by.
from from greek apostasis, literally a standing away or defection, first used for soldiers deserting their post before it got theological.
legal statusstill punishable by death in several countries
political useparties call defectors apostates too
early churchapostates were once denied burial rites