dēfectiō ōnis, f
deficio,
a failing, failure, want, lack, disappearance
: virium: animi mei,
despondency
: solis et lunae,
eclipse.—A defection, desertion, rebellion, revolt
: facta datis obsidibus, Cs.: in defectione esse, L.: Pompei:
conscientia defectionis, Ta.: a
rectā ratione. —
Exhaustion
: manifesta, Ta.: defectionem fugere, i. e.
tedious prolongation
.