| cancel(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| defect(verb, break, desert, faith, abscond) |
| draw back(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) |
| get cold feet(verb, expression, idiom, withdraw, yield) |
| give ground(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) |
| give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, give) |
| pull out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, go) |
| quit(verb, stop, go, remove, reject) |
| repudiate(withdraw, renounce, contradict, annul) |
| resign(verb, stop, go, give, withdraw) |
| retire(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave) |
| surrender(verb, stop, give, withdraw, leave) |
| throw over(verb, expression, stop, withdraw, leave) |
| vacate(verb, stop, go, remove, withdraw) |
| avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| back off(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
| backpedal(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| backtrack(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| bail out(verb, expression, stop, go, remove) |
| bow out(verb, expression, stop, go, remove) |