avoid
avoidance
be startled
blanch
blench
blink
boggle
cower
cringe
demur
dodge
draw back
draw in
duck
elude
escape
eschew
evade
evasion
fade
fall back
fallback
falter
fight shy of
funk
hang back
hang off
have qualms
hesitate
hold off
jib
jump
jump a mile
make bones about
pause
pull back
pull in
pull out
pullback
pullout
quail
recede
recoil
reel back
retire
retract
retreat
scruple
sheer off
shrine
start
startle
flinched
flinches
flinching
Lynch
Minch
cinch
clinch
finch
grinch
hinch
inch
kinch
linch
lynch
minch
pinch
synch
winch