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deficit(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
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disability(noun, upset, trouble, difficulty, weakness)
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freckle(noun, verb, mark, spot, stain)
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mar(noun, verb, failing, blemish)
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relinquish(verb, move, go, reject, start)
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rift(noun, fault, blemish, flaw, imperfection)
6
shortfall(noun, weakness, condition, failure, want)
6
turn(verb, break, reject, dismiss, abandon)
5
abdicate(verb, reject, abandon, refuse, surrender)
5
absence(noun, slip, weakness, failure, want)
5
blight(disorder, illness, sickness, affliction, ailment)
5
blister(noun, verb, mark, spot, stain)
5
blotch(noun, mark, spot, fault, stain)
5
dearth(noun, weakness, failure, want, need)
5
debility(disorder, difficulty, weakness, fault, illness)
5
depart(verb, move, break, go, start)
5
destitution(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
5
disadvantage(noun, disorder, weakness, burden, fault)
5
distortion(noun, blemish, error)
5
go back on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, break)
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