apostasy β If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
avoidance β Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
backsliding β If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
derelict β A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
dereliction β If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
disaffection β the absence or alienation of affection or goodwill; estrangement; disloyalty: Disaffection often leads to outright treason.
relinquishment β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
renunciation β an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
breakout β If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
desertion β the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
disappearance β the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.
freedom β the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
liberation β the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
outbreak β a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
rescue β to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
awol β If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
abdication β the act or state of abdicating; renunciation.
beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
bypassing β a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.