6
tergiversation(noun, failure, approach, retreat, trust)
5
disloyalty(noun, failure, dishonesty, failing, treachery)
5
apostasy(noun, failure, approach, escape, retreat)
5
defection(noun, failure, approach, trust, failing)
5
desertion(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
5
fear(noun, distress, anxiety, alarm, apprehension)
4
disaffection(noun, fake, failure, escape, retreat)
4
recreance(noun, failure, approach, trust, failing)
3
backsliding(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
3
dereliction(noun, failure, escape, retreat, failing)
2
falseness(noun, fake, escape, retreat, dishonesty)
2
alienation(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
2
betrayal(noun, fake, escape, retreat, dishonesty)
2
cowardice(noun, distress, anxiety, alarm, dismay)
2
deficiency(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
2
failing(noun, failure, rejection, withdrawal, defection)
2
failure(noun, failing, rejection, withdrawal, defection)
2
falsity(noun, treachery, deceit, lying, duplicity)
2
inconstancy(noun, treachery, deceit, lying, duplicity)
2
infidelity(noun, fake, dishonesty, treachery, dodge)
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