| acquiesce(verb, take, withdraw, respect, abandon) |
| beg off(verb, expression, withdraw, back, yield) |
| bow out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop) |
| cave in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break) |
| chicken out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop) |
| disavow(withdraw, deny, cancel, reverse, renounce) |
| hold back(verb, expression, withdraw, back, yield) |
| recall(withdraw, deny, cancel, reverse, renounce) |
| surrender(verb, stop, drop, withdraw, leave) |
| balk(verb, withdraw, back, yield, retreat) |
| cancel(verb, withdraw, back, yield, surrender) |
| forswear(verb, stop, drop, withdraw, abandon) |
| give ground(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
| give way(verb, expression, stop, drop, take) |
| pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw) |
| recoil(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| relinquish(verb, stop, drop, go, withdraw) |
| renounce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| resign(verb, stop, break, drop, take) |
| retire(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |