Synonyms for defections
de·fec·tions

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1. List of paraphrases for "defections":

   desertions, no-shows, resignations, drop-outs, dropouts

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1. Bob Jordan:

   If we were to add fees, particularly the bag and change fees, the loss of the revenue from customer defections would be higher than the fee revenue we'd gain.

2. Peter Bjarkman:

   If there were any hopes of one, the Gurriel family would have been the first to know and the brothers would have waited. This would indicate to me that the Cubans are not yet ready to work any accord with MLB and the defections will continue.

3. Nic Robertson:

   More recently the TTP has had high level defections to ISIS, the leaders taking their fighters with them, iSIS is focused on an Afghan fight, and the TTP have brought significant fire power with them to help ISIS grow. But in this region the Taliban is still dominant.

4. Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer:

   He prevented the crash last night. He was headed… over the edge, because his party was deserting him, all those defections, the governors and senators and members of Congress. Remember, when Nixon resigned, it was not right after the Supreme Court ordered him to release the tapes. It was when Barry Goldwater and the delegation from the Congress went to Nixon and said, 'It's over, you've got to resign.' And the next day, he announced his resignation.

5. Manabu Terata:

   The disappointment with the DPJ wasn't due to policies but governance - instability, infighting, defections and three premiers in three years, we haven't shown ... that we were able to improve and strengthen our governance as a party.