Unsay

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           You can say and unsay things at pleasure. --Goldsmith.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unsay
       v : take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn:
           {swallow}, {take back}, {withdraw}]
       [also: {unsaid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "unsay":
     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