6
tergiversation(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
5
abdication(noun, break, freedom, departure, rejection)
5
decampment(noun, break, escape, retreat, separation)
5
departure(noun, loss, freedom, withdrawal, abandonment)
5
desolation(noun, abandonment, seclusion exclusion)
5
forsaking(noun, failure, failing, departure, rejection)
5
retreat(noun, failure, escape, freedom, departure)
5
surrender(noun, rejection, abandonment, relinquishment, riddance)
4
avoidance(noun, break, escape, freedom, departure)
4
falseness(noun, abandonment, disappearance, absconding)
4
retirement(noun, escape, retreat, loss, abandonment)
3
abandon
3
abrogation(noun, abandonment, disappearance, absconding)
3
absent without leave(expression, adjective, idiom, absent, AWOL)
3
capitulation(noun, relinquishment, riddance)
3
disavowing(noun, abandonment, disappearance, absconding)
3
divorce(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
elusion(noun, break, escape, freedom, departure)
3
hegira(noun, break, escape, retreat, separation)
3
release(noun, break, freedom, departure, liberation)
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