- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|586
- Abbreviations|0
146 entries under noun topic. ×
| apostasy(failure, approach, doubt, uncertainty) | |
| abandonment(failure, rejection, withdrawal, abandonment) | |
| desertion(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| tergiversation(failure, approach, trust, failing) | |
| withdrawal(failure, failing, rejection, abandonment) | |
| renunciation(doubt, uncertainty, dissent, reservation) | |
| dereliction(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| secession(disobedience, relinquishment) | |
| backsliding(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| deficiency(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| failure(failing, rejection, withdrawal, abandonment) | |
| falseness(disloyalty, infidelity, desertion) | |
| heresy(dissent, deviation, reconsideration, unorthodoxy) | |
| recreancy(failure, approach, trust, failing) | |
| rejection(failure, doubt, uncertainty, failing) | |
| repudiation(failure, doubt, uncertainty, failing) | |
| separation(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| abdication(abandonment, renunciation, relinquishment) | |
| alienation(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| betrayal(disloyalty, renunciation, infidelity) |
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