| tergiversate(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, leave) |
| defect(verb, break, reject, dismiss, leave) |
| desert(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, leave) |
| change sides(verb, expression, idiom, reject, withdraw) |
| rat(verb, phrasal verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw) |
| renounce(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, leave) |
| apostatise |
| turn(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, abandon) |
| go over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, withdraw) |
| lapse(verb, decline, reject, fall, withdraw) |
| repudiate(verb, reject, withdraw, influence, reason) |
| secede(verb, split, pull) |
| abandon(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, leave) |
| pull out(expression, reject, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| recant(verb, take, reject, dismiss, withdraw) |
| renegade(verb, abandon, approach, trust) |
| sell out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, withdraw) |
| abscond(verb, reject, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| backslide(verb, decline, fall, terminate, lapse) |
| betray(verb, leave, abandon, quit, escape) |