defections
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Noun
- Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
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| 1 | discussions | 3 | 32 |
| 2 | dimensions | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | deductions | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | decorations | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | adaptations | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | deviations | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | disciplines | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | admonitions | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | depressions | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | davidson's | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | digressions | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | dalmatians | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | davidian's | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | davidians | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | deceptions | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | depictions | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | detentions | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | dietitian's | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | dietitians | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | dissections | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | dominion's | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | duberstein's | 3 | 0 |
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| 1 | elections | 3 | 51 |
| 2 | reflection | 3 | 32 |
| 3 | directions | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | selections | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | detection | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | defects | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | perfection | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | reflections | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | infections | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | executions | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | defection | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | rejections | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | deflection | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | erections | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | deletions | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | defectors | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | defecting | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | desecrations | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | election's | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | detentions | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 22
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
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