3
renouncement(noun, renunciation, riddance)
3
repudiation(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
treachery(noun, abandonment, disappearance, absconding)
3
truancy(noun, escape, abandonment, flight, disappearance)
3
vacation(noun, escape, retreat, exit, parting)
2
absenteeism(noun, state)
2
bolt(noun, break, freedom, departure, liberation)
2
defecting(noun, abandonment, disappearance, absconding)
2
departing(noun, departure, abandonment, disappearance, absconding)
2
depopulation
2
derelict(noun, abandonment, disappearance, absconding)
2
disappearing act(expression, going, loss, passing, fading)
2
disloyalty(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal, defection)
2
elopement(noun, break, freedom, departure, liberation)
2
exit(escape, retreat, going, loss, departure)
2
faithlessness(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal, defection)
2
lapse(noun, disregard, negligence, inattention, abandonment)
2
leave(noun, verb, break, freedom, departure)
2
powder(noun, break, escape, retreat, separation)
2
running away(noun, expression, break, abandonment, flight)
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