4
release(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
3
accept(verb, surrender, defer, acquiesce, accede)
3
disavow(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse)
3
evacuate(verb, stop, go, advance, remove)
3
have done with(expression, idiom, remove, reject, dismiss)
3
opt out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, power)
3
recant(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse)
3
repudiate(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
secede(verb, stop, drop, go, advance)
3
stand down(expression, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
accede(verb, surrender, defer, acquiesce, capitulate)
2
back down(verb, expression, stop, break, withdraw)
2
bag it(verb, expression, drop, power, position)
2
cancel(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, abandon)
2
cashier(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, abandon)
2
cast(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
2
cast off(verb, expression, remove, reject, dismiss)
2
convey(verb, abandon, yield, surrender, communicate)
2
cut loose(expression, stop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
cut out(verb, expression, stop, go, advance)
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