| abdicate(verb, decline, power, remove, reject) |
| reject(verb, break, decline, remove, disregard) |
| resign(verb, decline, reject, position, abandon) |
| abnegate(verb, decline, reject, pass, position) |
| desert(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, abandon) |
| disallow(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, ignore) |
| quit(verb, go, decline, remove, reject) |
| abstain(verb, hold, decline, reject, dismiss) |
| contradict(verb, break, decline, reject, disregard) |
| decline(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, abandon) |
| drop(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, position) |
| gainsay(verb, break, decline, reject, disregard) |
| spurn(verb, break, decline, reject, disregard) |
| surrender(verb, decline, position, abandon, refuse) |
| swear off(verb, expression, decline, reject, abandon) |
| unsay(verb, withdraw, deny, cancel, reverse) |
| avoid(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, refuse) |
| back down(expression, withdraw, deny, cancel, reverse) |
| cancel(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, withdraw) |
| cease(verb, withdraw, quit, renounce, withhold) |