Ratting1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rat.
2. (n.) The conduct or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1.
3. (n.) The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
Thesaurus Entries
Evangelicalism, Protestantism, Reform, Zwinglianism, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, agreement to disagree, alienation, alteration, amelioration, atheism, backsliding, betrayal, betterment, bolt, break, breakaway, change, change of heart, changeableness, constructive change, continuity, conversion, counter-culture, crossing-over, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, dereliction, deserter, desertion, deterioration, deviation, difference, disaccord, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, discontinuity, disloyalty, disparity, dissatisfaction, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, dropping out, faithlessness, fall from grace, falseness, fitting, flip-flop, going over, gradual change, impiety, impiousness, improvement, irreligion, irreverence, lapse, lapse from grace, melioration, minority opinion, mitigation, modification, modulation, new theology, nonagreement, nonassent, nonconcurrence, nonconformity, nonconsent, opposition, overthrow, perfidy, qualification, radical change, ratting, re-creation, realignment, recidivation, recidivism, recreancy, recusance, recusancy, redesign, reform, reformation, rejection, remaking, renewal, renunciation, repudiation, reshaping, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, schism, secession, shift, sudden change, switch, tergiversation, total change, transition, treacherousness, treason, turn, turnabout, turning traitor, underground, undutifulness, upheaval, variance, variation, variety, violent change, walkout, withdrawal, worsening