5
surrender(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, refuse)
5
yield(withdraw, abandon, surrender, admit, retract)
4
back off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, withdraw)
4
disaffirm(decline, deny, renounce, disown, disavow)
4
disprove(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
4
refuse(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt)
4
resile
4
withhold(verb, decline, reject, oppose, withdraw)
3
abdicate(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse)
3
abolish(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
backtrack(verb, take, withdraw, abandon, yield)
3
dispute
3
exclude(verb, decline, reject, oppose, dismiss)
3
forgo(verb, decline, reject, refuse, surrender)
3
go back on(verb, expression, idiom, withdraw, abandon)
3
negate(verb, stop, decline, reject, oppose)
3
set aside(verb, expression, stop, withdraw, abandon)
3
spurn(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, abandon)
3
suppress(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, halt)
3
swallow(verb, retract)
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