2
rejection(retreat, avoidance, exclusion, abandonment, betrayal)
2
resignation(noun, notice, retreat, drawing, removal)
2
running away(expression, break, abandonment, flight, disappearance)
2
separateness(characteristic, change, difference, alteration, variance)
2
setting out(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, issue)
2
sleep(noun, end, release, ruin, finish)
2
swerve(difference, distinction, disparity)
2
tack(noun, change, twist, shift, round)
2
taking off(noun, expression, exit, parting, leaving)
2
truancy(escape, retreat, abandonment, flight, disappearance)
2
unconformity(characteristic, change, usual, difference, distinction)
2
variegation
2
yaw(noun, change, twist, shift, round)
1
AWOL(break, escape, freedom, withdrawal, rescue)
1
abdication(break, notice, surrender, escape, freedom)
1
aberrance
1
aberrancy
1
about-face(noun, change, twist, shift, round)
1
abrogation(retreat, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal, absconding)
1
abscondence
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