4
rejection(noun, failure, doubt, escape, retreat)
4
repudiation(noun, failure, doubt, escape, retreat)
4
treachery(noun, escape, retreat, departure, rejection)
4
turnabout(noun, renunciation)
3
abdication(noun, abandonment, renunciation)
3
abnegation(noun, doubt, uncertainty, dissent, reservation)
3
about-face(noun, renunciation)
3
disavowal(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
3
irreligion
3
lapse
3
recreance(noun, failure, approach, trust, failing)
3
recusancy(noun, heterodoxy)
3
relinquishment(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
3
resignation(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
3
revolution(revolt, uprising, insurrection)
3
schism(noun, doubt, uncertainty, dissent, error)
3
secession(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
2
alienation(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal, defection)
2
break
2
change of heart(noun, expression, idiom, attitude)
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