| resile(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| retire(verb, start, return, retreat, recoil) |
| retrace(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| return(verb, move, change, push, twist) |
| revert(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| scruple(verb, stop, pause, balance, hesitate) |
| seesaw(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| shake(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| sheer(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| sheer off |
| shirk(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, dodge) |
| shrink away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) |
| shrink back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, return) |
| shudder(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| shunt(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| sidestep |
| sidetrack(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| sit on fence(expression, idiom, pause, hesitate, falter) |
| spring(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| stammer(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |