| bolt(verb, leave, abandon, quit, escape) |
| degenerate(verb, decline, fall, terminate, cease) |
| depart(verb, reject, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| forsake(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, leave) |
| go(verb, reject, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| go back on(expression, idiom, reject, withdraw, leave) |
| leave(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, quit) |
| reject(verb, withdraw, abandon, deny, depart) |
| renege(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, influence) |
| run out(verb, expression, decline, reject, fall) |
| run out on(expression, idiom, leave, abandon, quit) |
| turn traitor(verb, expression, desert, faith, abscond) |
| abjure(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, abandon) |
| abnegate(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| abrogate(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| apostacize |
| apostasy |
| apostate |
| back down(expression, withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict) |
| back off(expression, withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict) |