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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about again |
| Synonyms: | amend, change one's mind, consider again, correct, emend, go over, have second thoughts, polish, rearrange, reassess, recheck, reevaluate, reexamine, rehash, replan, rethink, retrace, review, revise, reweigh, rework, run through, see in a new light, sleep on, take another look, think better of, think over, think twice, work over |
| Antonyms: | ignore, refuse |
| Main Entry: | retract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back; renege on |
| Synonyms: | abjure, back, back down, back off, back out of, call off, cancel, change one's mind, countermand, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, draw in, eat one's words, eliminate, exclude, fall back, forget it, forswear, go back on, have change of heart, nig, pull back, pull in, recall, recant, recede, reel in, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, revoke, rule out, sheathe, suspend, take back, take in, unsay, welsh, withdraw |
| Notes: | recant means to formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, while retract means to take back or to draw back or in |
| Antonyms: | corroborate, emphasize, reaffirm, repeat |
| Main Entry: | take back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retract |
| Synonyms: | abjure, back down, backpedal, call off, cancel, change one's mind, eat one's words, forget it, go back on, have change of heart, recall, recant, reclaim, renege, repeal, repossess, repudiate, rescind, revoke, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | waffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waver |
| Synonyms: | change, change one's mind, equivocate, flip-flop, vacillate, yo-yo |
| Main Entry: | blow hot and cold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep off and on |
| Synonyms: | be on the fence, change one's mind, chop and change, flip-flop, fluctuate, vacillate, will and will not, wobble about |
| Main Entry: | reevaluate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reconsider |
| Synonyms: | amend, change one's mind, consider again, correct, emend, go over, have second thoughts, polish, rearrange, reassess, recheck, reexamine, rehash, replan, rethink, retrace, review, revise, reweigh, rework, run through, see in a new light, sleep on, take another look, think better of, think over, think twice, work over |
| Main Entry: | rethink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reconsider |
| Synonyms: | amend, change one's mind, consider again, correct, emend, go over, have second thoughts, polish, rearrange, reassess, recheck, reevaluate, reexamine, rehash, replan, retrace, review, revise, reweigh, rework, run through, see in a new light, sleep on, take another look, think better of, think over, think twice, work over |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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