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failure(noun, upset, trouble, slip, weakness)
8
gap(noun, difficulty, fault, lack, lapse)
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insufficiency(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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leave(verb, break, go, abandon, quit)
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liability(noun, trouble, wrong, difficulty, weakness)
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rat(verb, phrasal verb, break, reject, dismiss)
8
scratch(noun, verb, mark, fault, blemish)
8
weak point(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, difficulty)
8
withdraw(verb, move, break, go, start)
7
abscond(verb, move, break, go, start)
7
check(noun, verb, disorder, weakness, fault)
7
crack(noun, verb, weakness, fault, blemish)
7
hole(noun, weakness, fault, blemish, flaw)
7
scantiness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
7
tergiversate(verb, break, reject, dismiss, leave)
6
apostatize(verb, break, reject, dismiss, leave)
6
catch(noun, mark, disorder, weakness, spot)
6
change sides(verb, expression, idiom, break, turn)
6
defacement(noun, mark, spot, stain, blemish)
6
default(noun, verb, reject, dismiss, turn)
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