| retire from(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| reverse(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| revoke(verb, go, part, separate, remove) |
| run out on(expression, idiom, stop, leave, abandon) |
| scratch(verb, stop, end, cut, dismiss) |
| seclude oneself(verb, expression, go, part, separate) |
| separate(verb, stop, go, part, end) |
| shed(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| step |
| step aside |
| superannuate(verb, retire) |
| take the cure(expression, idiom, stop, drop, decline) |
| take the oath(verb, expression, idiom, stop, drop) |
| tergiversate(verb, reject, leave, abandon, refuse) |
| throw up(verb, phrasal verb, resignation) |
| turn(verb, stop, reject, abandon, return) |
| walk out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, give) |
| wimp out(expression, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| give way(verb, expression, stop, drop, take) |
| take off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, go) |