| ask forgiveness(expression, withdraw, recompense, regret, atone) |
| ask pardon(expression, withdraw, recompense, regret, atone) |
| aspirate |
| assert the contrary(expression, idiom) |
| atone(withdraw, recompense, regret, repent) |
| back out of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, decline) |
| backpedal(verb, change, decline, withdraw, alter) |
| backslide(verb, renounce) |
| balance out(verb, expression, stop, discharge, withdraw) |
| banish(verb, reject, oppose, dismiss, dislike) |
| beg pardon(expression, withdraw, recompense, regret, atone) |
| blackball(reverse, contradict, void, refute, disprove) |
| bounce |
| bow to(expression, withdraw, recompense, regret, atone) |
| break with(verb, expression, separate, reject, dismiss) |
| call in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dismiss, withdraw) |
| change sides(verb, expression, idiom, influence, reason) |
| clear oneself(expression, withdraw, recompense, regret, atone) |
| climb down |
| close(drop, reduce, withdraw, diminish, decrease) |