cop out
opt out
chicken out
bitch out
neglect
avoid
fail
decline
can't help
disconsider
self-preservation
dissuade
hang back
kiasi
set one's face against
scruple
lump it
inability
untroubled
butt heads
shy away from
secure
unafraid
take a dare
better safe than sorry
temptation
withstand
omission
hamstring
escape
trouble oneself
securely
scotch
bother
inconvenience oneself
trouble
impervious
lash oneself to the mast
blench
drop by the wayside
stymie
when in doubt, do nowt
throw in
fall by the wayside
give up
throw in the towel
catch
quit
chuck up the sponge
forget
drop out
whistle in the wind
gronk
atychiphobia
mis-
lay an egg
bottle out
unchoose
zugzwang
forgo
kick
self-handicap
moralphobia
chicken
take the count
shrink back
repine
aphobia
antivolition
nonavoidance
duck
lose one's nerve
scorn
help oneself
not have a prayer
worrylessness
take one's ball and go home
retract
make one's own luck
help
do nothing
otiose
strike out
boggle
set against
defeatism
soothing
obstinacy
kakorrhaphiophobia
unfear
foreswear
bullheadedness
dispense with
forego
relinquish
finesse
waive
kiasi
untroubled
secure
unafraid
impervious
otiose
soothing
securely
self-preservation
inability
temptation
omission
escape
atychiphobia
zugzwang
moralphobia
aphobia
antivolition
nonavoidance
worrylessness
defeatism
obstinacy
kakorrhaphiophobia
unfear
bullheadedness
cop out
opt out
chicken out
bitch out
neglect
avoid
fail
decline
can't help
disconsider
dissuade
hang back
set one's face against
scruple
lump it
butt heads
shy away from
take a dare
withstand
hamstring
trouble oneself
scotch
bother
inconvenience oneself
trouble
lash oneself to the mast
blench
drop by the wayside
stymie
throw in
fall by the wayside
give up
throw in the towel
catch
quit
chuck up the sponge
forget
drop out
whistle in the wind
gronk
lay an egg
bottle out
unchoose
forgo
kick
self-handicap
chicken
take the count
shrink back
repine
duck
lose one's nerve
scorn
help oneself
not have a prayer
take one's ball and go home
retract
make one's own luck
help
do nothing
strike out
boggle
set against
foreswear
dispense with
forego
relinquish
finesse
waive
English words for 'choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing'
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