| acknowledge(verb, accept, allow, yield, surrender) |
| acknowledge defeat |
| acquiesce(verb, accept, allow, surrender, grant) |
| admit defeat(verb, expression, idiom, stop, drop) |
| admit exceptions |
| agree(verb, accept, allow, surrender, grant) |
| alien(abandon, yield, surrender, communicate, relinquish) |
| alienate(abandon, yield, surrender, communicate, relinquish) |
| allow for |
| annihilate(remove, defeat, ignore, cancel, eradicate) |
| annul |
| apostacize(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| arrogate(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| avow(verb, accept, allow, yield, surrender) |
| award(verb, accept, allow, yield, surrender) |
| back down(verb, expression, stop, drop, withdraw) |
| bag it(expression, drop, position, abandon, renounce) |
| block(verb, delay, extend, defer, suspend) |
| blot out(verb, expression, remove, reject, disregard) |
| bow out(verb, expression, stop, drop, leave) |