| reconsider(verb, retract, amend, revise, renege) |
| relax(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |
| relent(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |
| renege(verb, withdraw, cancel, retract, reconsider) |
| resign(withdraw, cancel, retract, renege, backtrack) |
| retract(verb, renege, backtrack) |
| say uncle(verb, expression, yield, surrender, quit) |
| scratch(withdraw, cancel, renege) |
| show mercy(verb, expression, yield, surrender, quit) |
| shy from(expression, withdraw, cancel, renege) |
| slacken(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |
| slow(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |
| soften(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |
| subside(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |
| surrender(verb, withdraw, yield, quit, cancel) |
| sympathize(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |
| take a softer line(verb, expression, idiom, yield, surrender) |
| throw in the towel(expression, idiom, withdraw, cancel, renege) |
| wane(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |
| weaken(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |