16
tergiversation(noun, failure, approach, retreat, trust)
16
defection(noun, failure, approach, doubt, uncertainty)
10
withdrawal(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
9
abandonment(noun, failure, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment)
9
disloyalty(noun, failure, failing, treachery, rejection)
8
backsliding(noun, failure, retreat, failing, withdrawal)
8
renunciation(noun, doubt, escape, retreat, uncertainty)
7
desertion(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
7
betrayal(noun, escape, retreat, treachery, departure)
6
falseness(noun, escape, retreat, treachery, departure)
6
infidelity(noun, doubt, uncertainty, dissent, treachery)
6
recreancy(noun, failure, approach, escape, retreat)
5
heresy(noun, dissent, deviation, revolt, revolution)
5
treason(noun, treachery, falseness, disloyalty, betrayal)
4
dereliction(noun, failure, escape, retreat, failing)
4
atheism(noun, doubt, uncertainty, dissent, error)
4
denial(noun, doubt, uncertainty, dissent, reservation)
4
faithlessness(noun, failure, doubt, uncertainty, failing)
4
perfidy(noun, escape, retreat, treachery, departure)
4
rebellion(noun, failure, failing, rejection, revolt)
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