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abdication(noun, abandonment)
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ambivalence
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change of mind(expression, idiom, change)
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chicanery
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deficiency(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
2
delusion(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
2
disaffection(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
2
disloyalty(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
2
dissimulation(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
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distortion(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
2
double-entendre(noun, clear, doubt, uncertainty, vagueness)
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elusion(noun, escape, retreat, departure, rejection)
2
estrangement(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
2
euphemism(noun, clear, equivocation)
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evasiveness
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failing(noun, failure, rejection, withdrawal, defection)
2
failure(noun, failing, rejection, withdrawal, defection)
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faithlessness(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
2
fall
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falseness(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
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