| pull(verb, draw, follow, extend, trace) |
| quail(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave) |
| resort |
| retract(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce) |
| return(verb, drop, close, reduce, withdraw) |
| revert(verb, retreat, degenerate, deteriorate, recoil) |
| slip back(verb, expression, fall, fail, degenerate) |
| subside(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce) |
| abate(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce) |
| abjure(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave) |
| absent oneself(verb, expression, go, part, separate) |
| avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| back down(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
| back off(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
| backpedal(verb, move, forward, backtrack) |
| beat a retreat(verb, expression, idiom, move, forward) |
| blench(verb, recoil, cringe, flinch) |
| cringe(verb, recoil, flinch) |
| decamp(verb, go, part, separate, remove) |
| degenerate(verb, decrease, lessen, retreat, abate) |