| recant(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| refuse to receive(verb, expression, idiom, decline, reject) |
| reject(verb, decline, dismiss, withdraw, ignore) |
| repudiate(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw) |
| resign(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| say no(verb, expression, decline, reject, refuse) |
| send off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject) |
| send regrets(verb, expression, decline, reject, dismiss) |
| set aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject) |
| shy from(verb, expression, withdraw, yield, surrender) |
| throw in the towel(verb, expression, idiom, withdraw, surrender) |
| turn away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject) |
| turn deaf ear to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, decline) |
| turn down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject) |
| turn from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject) |
| weasel out(verb, expression, withdraw, yield, surrender) |
| wiggle out(verb, expression, withdraw, yield, surrender) |
| worm out(verb, expression, withdraw, yield, surrender) |
| accede(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| acquiesce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |