| turn over(verb, expression, drop, leave, abandon) |
| walk out on(verb, expression, idiom, stop, reject) |
| wash hands of(verb, expression, idiom, stop, drop) |
| abalienate(verb, abandon, yield, surrender, communicate) |
| abdication |
| abstain(verb, decline, abandon, quit, resist) |
| abstain from(verb, expression, decline, reject, abandon) |
| accord(verb, abandon, yield, surrender, communicate) |
| acknowledge defeat |
| acquiesce(verb, surrender, defer, accede, capitulate) |
| adios(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, abandon) |
| admit defeat(verb, expression, stop, break, withdraw) |
| alien(verb, abandon, yield, surrender, communicate) |
| alienate(verb, abandon, yield, surrender, communicate) |
| allow(verb, abandon, yield, surrender, communicate) |
| apostacize(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| arrogate(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| back out(expression, stop, withdraw, leave, surrender) |
| backslide(verb, renounce) |
| banish(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, abandon) |