Failure
Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.
Performances is an antonym for failure.
Performances
Both words in one sentence
- He is often treated as a Reclusive Artist because of the band's failure to produce a second studio album for over twenty years, and the rarity of their live performances.
Source: Reclusive Artist - Wonderstone was a box-office bomb and critical failure, with most of the praise going to the performances of Jim Carrey and Alan Arkin.
Source: Dueling Works / Film Cross Genre - Bach's "The Art of the Fugue," the final fugue is incomplete due to Author Existence Failure; many performances leave it that way.
Source: Musicalis Interruptus
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