2
renegado
2
renouncer
2
scab
2
schismatic(resistance, rebel, opponent, recreant, insurgent)
2
secessionist(resistance, rebel, opponent, recreant, insurgent)
2
separatist(resistance, rebel, opponent, recreant, insurgent)
2
shirker(noun, fugitive, chicken, weakling, quitter)
2
walkout(exile, outlaw, outcast)
2
waster
1
AWOL(noun, fugitive)
1
Judas(spy, impostor, renegade, turncoat, hypocrite)
1
abdicator
1
absentee
1
agitator(insurgent, protester, rioter, objector, separatist)
1
anarchist(resistance, rebel, recreant, insurgent, protester)
1
antagonist(resistance, rebel, opponent, recreant, insurgent)
1
apostasy
1
back-stabber(spy, impostor, renegade, turncoat, hypocrite)
1
betrayal
1
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