unsay

unsay
Synonyms and related words:
abjure, back down, back out, backwater, climb down, crawfish out, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, eat crow, eat humble pie, forswear, palinode, recall, recant, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, swallow, take back, withdraw

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  • Unsay — Un*say, v. t. [1st pref. un + say.] To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said. [1913 Webster] You can say and unsay things at pleasure. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unsay — index disclaim, recall (call back), recant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unsay — [unsā′] vt. unsaid, unsaying to take back or retract (what has been said) …   English World dictionary

  • unsay — verb a) To withdraw, retract (something said). And in the first place, you will be so good as to unsay that story about selling his head, which if true I take to be good evidence that this harpooneer is stark mad [...]. b) To not have said (since …   Wiktionary

  • unsay — transitive verb (unsaid; unsaying) Date: 15th century to make as if not said ; recant, retract …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unsay — /un say /, v.t., unsaid, unsaying. to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract. [1425 75; late ME unsayen. See UN 2, SAY1] * * * …   Universalium

  • unsay — un say || ‚ʌn seɪ v. retract, withdraw statement, take back what was said …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unsay — verb (unsays, unsaying, past and past participle unsaid) withdraw or retract (a statement) …   English new terms dictionary

  • unsay — v. a. Retract, recall, recant, take back …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • unsay — v recant, retract, take back, withdraw, Inf. eat one s words, Inf. back down; apologize; revoke, repudiate, renounce; disavow, deny, disclaim, Inf. sing a different tune …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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