All beg off synonyms

verb beg off

• back off — If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
• withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• renege — Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
• backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
• take back — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• concede — If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
• back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
• admit — If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
• withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• pull out — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
• back off — If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
• pull back — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• turn down — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• nix — nothing.
• desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
• repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
• dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
• shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• reprobate — a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• spurn — to reject with disdain; scorn.
• regret — to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
• repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
• disaccord — to be out of accord; disagree.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• brush off — If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you.
• dispense with — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
• hold out — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• pass up — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• send off — a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture: They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier.
• set aside — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
• turn away — move further from sth, sb
• turn one's back on — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.