3
sell out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, reject)
3
slip(noun, wrong, weakness, burden, failure)
3
split(verb, move, go, start, withdraw)
3
splotch(noun, verb, spot, stain, blemish)
3
tarnish(noun, verb, mark, spot, stain)
3
turn traitor(verb, expression, desert, faith, abscond)
3
twist
3
weal(noun, blemish)
2
need(noun, weakness, want, lack, loss)
2
aberration(noun, error)
2
affection(disorder, illness, sickness, affliction, ailment)
2
apostacize(verb, stop, reject, turn, abandon)
2
blackhead(noun, mark, spot, stain, flaw)
2
blindness
2
bolt(verb, leave, abandon, quit, escape)
2
break away(verb, expression, move, go, start)
2
cast(verb, reject, dismiss, abandon, dislike)
2
cicatrix(noun, mark, spot, stain, flaw)
2
condition(noun, upset, disorder, illness, sickness)
2
decamp(verb, move, go, start, withdraw)
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