2
reef
2
relax(stop, withdraw, surrender)
2
repeal(verb, change, withdraw, alter, cancel)
2
rescind(verb, change, withdraw, alter, cancel)
2
retrograde(verb, move, back, retreat, forward)
2
revoke(verb, change, withdraw, abandon, alter)
2
set aside(verb, expression, change, withdraw, alter)
2
shirk(withdraw, avoid, evade)
2
welsh(withdraw, abandon, avoid, quit, evade)
1
X-out(verb, withdraw, cancel, lift, reverse)
1
abandon(stop, withdraw, yield, surrender, avoid)
1
abolish(verb, withdraw, cancel, lift, reverse)
1
abrogate(verb, withdraw, cancel, lift, reverse)
1
accept defeat(expression, idiom, withdraw, yield)
1
admit defeat(expression, idiom, stop, withdraw, yield)
1
annul(verb, change, withdraw, alter, cancel)
1
arrest
1
back out of(verb, expression, idiom, decline, withdraw)
1
back up
1
backtrail
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