wash hands of

Strongest matches

• desert
• discard
• discontinue
• ditch
• drop out
• dump
• leave
• pull out
• quit
• stop
• surrender
• vacate
• withdraw

Strong matches

• abdicate
• drop
• duck
• dust
• screw
• yield

Weak matches

• back out
• bail out
• bow out
• chicken out
• cop out
• cut loose
• flake out
• fly the coop
• give up the ship
• kiss goodbye
• leg it
• let go
• opt out
• run out on
• ship out
• storm out
• take a powder
• take a walk
• throw over
• walk out on

Strongest matches

• contradict
• disclaim
• disown
• forswear
• impugn
• repudiate

Strong matches

• abjure
• deny
• disallow
• gainsay
• negate
• negative
• refuse
• renege

Weak matches

• disacknowledge
• drop out
• go back on word
• weasel out of
• worm out of

Strongest matches

• disavow
• disown

Strong matches

• abandon
• abjure
• abnegate
• belittle
• contradict
• contravene
• criticize
• decline
• deprecate
• disallow
• discard
• disparage
• forswear
• gainsay
• minimize
• negate
• recant
• refuse
• reject
• renounce
• repudiate
• retract
• revoke
• spurn
• traverse

Weak matches

• disacknowledge
• disaffirm
• divorce oneself from
• turn back on

Strongest matches

• deny
• disavow
• discard
• disown
• eschew
• forgo
• forsake
• forswear
• give up
• quit
• recant
• relinquish
• repudiate
• spurn
• waive

Strong matches

• abdicate
• abjure
• abnegate
• arrogate
• decline
• defect
• desert
• disclaim
• dump
• rat
• resign
• tergiversate
• turn

Weak matches

• abstain from
• apostacize
• cast off
• demit
• divorce oneself from
• drop out
• leave flat
• leave off
• opt out
• sell out
• swear off
• take the pledge
• tergiverse
• throw off
• throw over
• toss over
• walk out on

Strong matches

• abandon
• abdicate
• capitulate
• cede
• drop
• fold
• forgo
• forsake
• leave
• quit
• relinquish
• renounce
• retire
• secede
• surrender
• terminate
• vacate
• waive
• yield

Weak matches

• bail out
• bow out
• cease work
• demit
• divorce oneself from
• drop out
• end service
• give notice
• give up the ship
• hand in resignation
• hand over
• hang it up
• separate oneself from
• sign off
• stand aside
• stand down
• step down
• throw in the towel
• turn over
• walk out