4
go astray(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail)
4
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4
recidivism(noun, lapse, better, repetition)
4
sink(verb, drop, decline, reduce, settle)
4
turn(verb, move, change, return, bear)
3
decay(noun, verb, drop, reduce, fall)
3
defect(verb, renounce)
3
deviate(verb, move, change, fall, push)
3
err
3
fall away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, degenerate, recede)
3
go back(verb, expression, move, change, push)
3
sin(verb, action)
3
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2
abandon(verb, renounce)
2
abort(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
apostatize(verb, decline, fall, terminate, lapse)
2
back wrong horse(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail)
2
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2
be demoted(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
be found lacking(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
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