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4
subterfuge
4
uncertainty(doubt, vagueness, haziness)
3
abandonment(failure, retreat, rejection, withdrawal)
3
alienation(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
amphibology(cover, line, lie, lying)
3
backsliding(failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
3
deceit
3
denial
3
duplicity(cover, line, lie, lying)
3
hedging(cover, line, lie, lying)
3
rebellion(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
rejection(failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
3
repudiation(failure, retreat, failing, abandonment)
3
resignation(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
3
separation(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
3
shuffling(cover, line, lie, lying)
3
waffle(cover, clear, line, informal)
3
weasel word(clear, equivocation)
2
abdication
2
ambivalence
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