2
veto(verb, stop, decline, reject, oppose)
2
waive(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse)
2
weasel out(verb, expression, take, withdraw, yield)
1
abort(verb, stop, discharge, withdraw, abandon)
1
abstain from(verb, expression, stop, reject, withdraw)
1
accede(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
1
accept
1
acknowledge
1
acquiesce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
1
admit(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
1
apologize(withdraw, renounce, retract, penitence)
1
apostacize(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse)
1
arrogate(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse)
1
assert the contrary(expression, idiom)
1
avoid(verb, withdraw, yield, surrender, cancel)
1
back(withdraw, deny, cancel, retreat, reverse)
1
back out of(verb, expression, idiom, remove, dismiss)
1
backwater
1
balance out(verb, expression, stop, discharge, withdraw)
1
balk(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
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