130 entries under retract topic. ×

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eat crow(expression, withdraw, renounce)
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eat humble pie(expression, idiom, withdraw, yield, renounce)
2
hold back(verb, expression, decline, reject, oppose)
2
not accept(verb, expression, reject, deny, renounce)
2
palinode(verb, dismiss, withdraw, cancel)
2
quash(verb, stop, remove, dismiss, withdraw)
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recoil(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
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submit(withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender, admit)
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suspend(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, deny)
2
turn down(verb, expression, decline, reject, refuse)
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accede(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
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acquiesce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
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admit(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
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apologize(withdraw, renounce, penitence)
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back out of(verb, expression, idiom, remove, dismiss)
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balk(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
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ban(verb, decline, reject, oppose, dismiss)
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banish(verb, reject, oppose, dismiss, abandon)
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be against(verb, reject, oppose, dismiss, abandon)
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cast(verb, reject, oppose, dismiss, abandon)
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