| abnegate(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| about-face(verb, upset, shift, retreat, reverse) |
| abrogate(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| accede(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| acquiesce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| admit(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| alter |
| apostatize(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| back away(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
| back pedal(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| balk(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| beat it(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
| beg off(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| bow out(expression, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| cancel(verb, change, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| change your mind(verb, expression, idiom, retract, renege) |
| check |
| chicken out(expression, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| climb down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, yield) |