broke ranks
- defectedChanged allegiance treasonously
- dissentedFormally opposed prevailing opinion
- rebelledResisted those in charge
- mutiniedRevolted against authority
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
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conformity and loyalty
broke ranksfell in line
Began to conform
toed the line · closed ranks · conformed · kept faith · went along