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quit(stop, decline, withdraw, abandon)
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refuse(stop, attack, keep, reject)
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resign(stop, give, decline, withdraw)
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show mercy(expression, moderate, yield, surrender)
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slow(moderate, yield, surrender, quit)
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soften(stop, reduce, release, moderate)
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spurn(reject, dismiss, withdraw, refuse)
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surrender(give, decline, withdraw, abandon)
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swear off(expression, phrasal verb, decline, withdraw)
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turn down(expression, stop, attack, reject)
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wane(reduce, moderate, yield, decrease)
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weaken(reduce, moderate, yield, decrease)
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yield(stop, give, decline, withdraw)
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abandon(stop, give, decline, withdraw)
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abdicate(decline, withdraw, abandon, yield)
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acquit
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alleviate(stop, reduce, release, halt)
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antagonize(stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
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arrest(restrain, halt, resist, renounce)
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assail(stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
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