Apostatize vs. Apostasize

Apostatizeverb

To give up or renounce one's position or belief.

Apostasizeverb

(intransitive) To commit apostasy.

Apostatizeverb

To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.

‘He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in emblances.’;

Apostatizeverb

abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

Apostatizeverb

renounce a religious or political belief or principle

‘the property of wealthy Christians was liable to confiscation unless they apostatized’;