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146 entries under noun topic. ×
| defect | |
| failing(failure, rejection, withdrawal, abandonment) | |
| forsaking(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| relinquishment(abandonment, relinquishment, tergiversation) | |
| revolt(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| abnegation(doubt, uncertainty, dissent, reservation) | |
| about-face | |
| absenteeism | |
| denial(doubt, uncertainty, dissent, reservation) | |
| disaffection(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| disloyalty(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| disownment(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| divorce(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| estrangement(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| faithlessness(failure, doubt, uncertainty, failing) | |
| parting(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| resignation(abandonment, relinquishment) | |
| turnabout | |
| break | |
| change of heart(expression, idiom, attitude) |
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