abstort
v. C2 Proficiency ab·stort
v. to pull away or move back from something. This is an old word that people rarely use today.
v. to draw back or move away from a position or object.
The horse began to abstort from the crowd.
In the old manuscript, the knight is described as abstorting from the battle to protect his family.
The archaic verb 'abstort' appears in several medieval texts to describe a sudden withdrawal or a physical recoil from a perceived threat.