| stand down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon) |
| starve(verb, pass, withdraw, quit, renounce) |
| surrender(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, refuse) |
| take the oath(verb, expression, idiom, withdraw, abandon) |
| tergiversate(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| tergiverse(verb, stop, reject, turn, abandon) |
| throw off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, abandon) |
| throw over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, abandon) |
| toss over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, turn) |
| turn(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| vacate(verb, release, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| waive(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, refuse) |
| walk out on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject) |
| wash hands of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject) |
| withdraw(verb, release, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| withhold(verb, pass, restrain, withdraw, halt) |
| yield(verb, withdraw, abandon, surrender, quit) |
| arrest(verb, restrain, halt, resist, renounce) |
| avoid doing(verb, expression, renounce, cease, abstain) |
| be temperate(verb, restrain, halt, resist, renounce) |