Synonyms:
- abjure,
- back off,
- back out,
- backpedal,
- backtrack,
- backwater,
- balance,
- balk,
- beat a retreat,
- beg off,
- break off combat,
- cave in,
- cease resistance,
- climb down,
- crawfish out,
- cry off,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- deny,
- disavow,
- disclaim,
- disengage,
- disown,
- draw back,
- draw off,
- eat crow,
- eat humble pie,
- fall back,
- falter,
- fear,
- forswear,
- give ground,
- give in,
- give place,
- give up,
- give way,
- go back,
- go back on,
- hang back,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hold back,
- hover,
- hum and haw,
- jib,
- move back,
- pause,
- ponder,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- quit the field,
- recall,
- recant,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repudiate,
- resile,
- retire,
- retract,
- retreat,
- revoke,
- run back,
- scruple,
- shilly-shally,
- shy,
- stand back,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain at,
- swallow,
- take back,
- think twice about,
- unsay,
- weasel out,
- welsh,
- withdraw,
- yield