2
forsaking(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
2
hedge(noun, clear, equivocation)
2
indecision
2
indecisiveness
2
instability
2
lack(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
2
line(noun, cover, informal, lie, lying)
2
lying(noun, cover, line, lie, vagueness)
2
misrepresentation(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
2
quibbling
2
recantation
2
retreat(noun, failure, failing, withdrawal, abandonment)
2
revolt(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
2
song(noun, cover, line, informal, lie)
2
treachery(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
1
abjuration
1
abnegation(noun, equivocation, dissimulation, fugiviteness)
1
about-face
1
abrogation(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
1
absconding(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
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