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defect
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failing(failure, rejection, withdrawal, abandonment)
4
forsaking(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
4
relinquishment(abandonment, relinquishment, tergiversation)
4
revolt(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
abnegation(doubt, uncertainty, dissent, reservation)
3
about-face
3
absenteeism
3
denial(doubt, uncertainty, dissent, reservation)
3
disaffection(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
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disloyalty(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
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disownment(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
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divorce(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
estrangement(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
faithlessness(failure, doubt, uncertainty, failing)
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parting(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
resignation(abandonment, relinquishment)
3
turnabout
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break
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change of heart(expression, idiom, attitude)
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