DEFECTION
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defection is worth 17 points in the game of Scrabble
Definitions for the word, defection
(n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding.