| opt out(verb, expression, reject, position, withdraw) |
| quit(verb, reject, pass, position, withdraw) |
| renege(verb, withdraw, avoid, renounce, repudiate) |
| repeal(verb, withdraw, renounce, repudiate, annul) |
| spurn(verb, decline, reject, pass, withdraw) |
| take the pledge(verb, expression, idiom, reject, pass) |
| throw out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cancel, annul) |
| throw over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, abandon) |
| traverse(decline, deny, renounce, disown, disavow) |
| turn down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject) |
| unsay(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| withhold(verb, decline, reject, oppose, withdraw) |
| abolish(verb, annul) |
| abstain from(verb, expression, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| apostacize(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| apostatize(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| argue against(verb, expression, oppose, crush, expose) |
| arrogate(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| avoid(verb, withdraw, quit, renounce, cease) |
| back down(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |