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Unsay

🔄 Synonyms of "Unsay"

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withdrawverb(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
swallowverb(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
take backverb(transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).

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withdrawverb(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
take backverb(transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
swallowverb(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
retractverb(transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside.
unstate(transitive) To withdraw (something previously stated); to unsay or retract.
unspeaknoun(rare) To retract what one has spoken, to unsay.
recallnounMemory; the ability to remember.
unsurrenderverbTo retract the act of surrendering.
unthanknounLack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.
retractateverb(obsolete) To retract; to recant.
unsubmitverb(transitive) To retract (a submission); to withdraw from consideration.
unconcedeverbTo retract a prior concession.
rewithdrawverb(transitive) To withdraw again.
untellverb(transitive) To withdraw or retract (something told); to never have told.
unreleaseverb(transitive, rare) To undo the release of; to withdraw.
recantverb(ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
subduceverbTo subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct, to subtract
draw backverbto withdraw from an undertaking
unresignverbTo withdraw a resignation.
swallow one's wordsverbTo be forced to retract a prior statement after it has been shown to be disproven; to take back what one has said.

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