| abdicate(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| abstain(verb, hold, restrain, withdraw, halt) |
| abstain from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, turn) |
| apostacize(verb, stop, reject, turn, abandon) |
| arrogate(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| avoid(verb, pass, withdraw, halt, quit) |
| back down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon) |
| cast(verb, release, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| cast off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, withdraw) |
| cease(verb, restrain, withdraw, halt, quit) |
| cede(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| constrain(verb, pass, withdraw, quit, renounce) |
| cut loose(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| defect(verb, stop, reject, turn, abandon) |
| demit(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| deny(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| deny oneself(verb, expression, pass, withdraw, quit) |
| desert(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| disavow(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| discard(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, yield) |