| abandon(verb, stop, give, decline, withdraw) |
| abdicate(verb, decline, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| acquit(verb, forgive) |
| alleviate(verb, stop, reduce, release, halt) |
| amnesty(stop, reduce, release, moderate, decrease) |
| antagonize(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| antecedent |
| antecessor |
| arrest(verb, restrain, halt, resist, renounce) |
| ascendant(noun, ancestor) |
| assail(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| assault(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| back down(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| bail out(verb, expression, free, leave, excuse) |
| balk(verb, reject, dismiss, refuse, deny) |
| battle(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| be lenient(verb, free, leave, excuse, pardon) |
| be temperate(verb, expression, idiom, restrain, halt) |
| bear with(verb, expression, bear, stand, tolerate) |
| bear with composure(expression, idiom) |