14
apostasy(noun, failure, approach, retreat, trust)
9
defection(noun, failure, approach, trust, failing)
8
ambiguity(noun, cover, clear, line, uncertainty)
8
desertion(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
8
equivocation(noun, cover, clear, doubt, uncertainty)
7
prevarication(noun, cover, clear, line, lie)
6
equivoque(noun, clear, ambiguity, equivocation)
6
evasion(noun, cover, escape, retreat, departure)
6
recreancy(noun, failure, approach, retreat, trust)
6
renunciation(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
5
deception(noun, cover, line, deceit, lying)
5
double entendre(noun, expression, idiom, cover, line)
5
equivocality(noun, cover, clear, line, doubt)
5
shuffle(noun, clear, equivocation)
5
withdrawal(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
4
disavowal(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
4
double meaning(noun, expression, cover, line, doubt)
4
inconstancy
4
recreance(noun, failure, approach, trust, failing)
4
relinquishment(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
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