引き下がる|ひきさがるhikisagaru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto withdraw; to leave; to retire
2. godan verb, intransitive verbto back down; to give up

• Synonym退くしりぞくNeutralCovers stepping back, withdrawing and resigning from a post; broader than 「引き下がる」 and a shade more formal.
• Synonym去るさるNeutralMeans leaving a place, and also the passing of time, as in 「故郷を去る」; it carries no sense of backing down or conceding.
• Synonym退散たいさんWrittenWritten word for a crowd dispersing or fleeing; 「悪霊退散」 is a plea for evil spirits to be gone. No nuance of conceding in a negotiation.
• Synonym辞すじすWrittenWritten verb for taking one's leave or resigning, with the emphasis on departing politely.
• Synonym辞去じきょWrittenWritten term for leaving after exchanging farewells; very rare. Unlike 「引き下がる」, it implies no concession or giving up.
• Synonym辞するじするWrittenWritten verb for taking one's leave or stepping down from a post, as in 「職を辞する」.
• Related後ずさりあとずさりNeutralBacking up while facing forward — a physical movement, usually out of fear, not a concession.
• Related立ち去るたちさるNeutralVerb for walking away from the scene; the focus is on the departure itself, with no sense of yielding.
• RelatedさがるNeutralThe broadest in range: stepping back, descending, even prices falling, as in 「一歩下がる」.
• Related離れるはなれるNeutralTo part, leave or quit a post; the emphasis is on distance opening up.
• Related退去たいきょWrittenWritten word for vacating or evacuating, often legal or administrative, as in 「退去命令」.
• Related後退こうたいNeutralFalling back or declining, mostly in military or economic contexts, as in 「景気後退」.
• Related引き払うひきはらうNeutralMoving out of a residence or vacating a place; about clearing out, not conceding in a negotiation.
• Related離れ去るはなれさるWrittenWritten and uncommon: to break away and go, stressing the severing of an existing tie.
• Related後ずさるあとずさるNeutralVerb form of 「後ずさり」: stepping backwards, a purely physical movement.
• RelatedしさるWrittenArchaic word for walking backwards; hardly used today — say 「後ずさる」 instead.
• Related失せるうせるNeutralTo vanish or slip away, as in 「やる気が失せる」; the imperative 「失せろ」 is a rude insult. No nuance of backing down.
• Related拝辞はいじFormalHumble, formal word for respectfully declining or withdrawing; in everyday speech say 「辞退する」.

Use 「引き下がる」 for yielding in a negotiation and giving up what you were insisting on, as in 「黙って引き下がれない」. For physically stepping back, 「下がる」 or 「退く」 fits; for simply leaving, 「立ち去る」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 手てを引ひく。
2. その場所ばしょから離はなれる。