15
apostasy(noun, failure, approach, doubt, uncertainty)
14
abandonment(noun, failure, rejection, withdrawal, abandonment)
14
desertion(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
12
tergiversation(noun, failure, approach, trust, failing)
12
withdrawal(noun, failure, failing, rejection, abandonment)
9
renunciation(noun, doubt, uncertainty, dissent, reservation)
7
dereliction(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
7
secession(noun, disobedience, relinquishment)
6
backsliding(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
5
deficiency(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
5
failure(noun, failing, rejection, withdrawal, abandonment)
5
falseness(noun, disloyalty, infidelity, desertion)
5
heresy(noun, dissent, deviation, reconsideration, unorthodoxy)
5
recreancy(noun, failure, approach, trust, failing)
5
rejection(noun, failure, doubt, uncertainty, failing)
5
repudiation(noun, failure, doubt, uncertainty, failing)
5
separation(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
4
abdication(noun, abandonment, renunciation, relinquishment)
4
alienation(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
4
betrayal(noun, disloyalty, renunciation, infidelity)
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