2
counterorder(verb, remove, dismiss, withdraw, deny)
2
cross
2
desert(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, abandon)
2
disapprove(verb, reject, oppose, dislike, object)
2
discount(dismiss, exclude)
2
discredit(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
2
dismiss(verb, remove, reject, withdraw, abandon)
2
drop(reject, renounce, abjure)
2
dump(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse)
2
eat crow(expression, withdraw, renounce, retract)
2
eat humble pie(expression, idiom, withdraw, yield, renounce)
2
eat one's words(verb, expression, idiom, take)
2
except(reject, oppose, dismiss, object, protest)
2
forbid(verb, stop, decline, reject, oppose)
2
forego
2
gainsay(verb, decline, reject, refuse, deny)
2
get cold feet(expression, idiom, withdraw, yield, surrender)
2
hold(verb, withdraw)
2
hold back(verb, expression, decline, reject, oppose)
2
impugn(deny, renounce, disown)
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