3
defection
3
disavowal(rebuff, recall, snub, ban, rejection)
3
discouragement(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
discouragements(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
failure(noun, ruin, defeat, blow, slip)
3
frustrations(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
introversion
3
invalidation(noun, termination, withdrawal, dissolution, repeal)
3
invert(noun, inversion)
3
knock(noun, defeat, failure, criticism, setback)
3
life form(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
living thing(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
misfortune(noun, upset, ruin, defeat, delay)
3
mistake(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
opposite(turn, reverse, contrast, denial, repudiation)
3
organism(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
oversight(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
permutation(noun, break, change, advance, development)
3
rebuff(noun, trouble, control, defeat, delay)
3
recantation(noun, retraction, tergiversation)
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