7
recoil(verb, go, start, withdraw, leave)
7
refrain(verb, stop, keep, reject, dismiss)
7
renounce(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, withdraw)
6
cut(verb, move, reject, disregard, ignore)
6
decamp(verb, break, get, go, run)
6
deny(verb, reject, dismiss, refuse, spurn)
6
desist(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, restrain)
6
divert(verb, stop, reject, halt, stay)
6
equivocate(verb, move, cut, decline, dark)
6
fight shy of(verb, expression, idiom, adverb, phrasal verb)
6
fly(verb, run, leave, slip, escape)
6
miss out
6
ostracize(verb, refuse, exclude, shun, exile)
6
parry(verb, move, stop, cut, decline)
6
pass up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject)
6
quash
6
refrain from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, delay)
6
shrink(verb, go, start, worry, withdraw)
6
shy(verb, adverb, reject, worry, dismiss)
6
turn aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, stop)
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