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going back on

NOUN

desertion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

betrayal

STRONG

abrogation apostasy avoidance backsliding departure derelict dereliction disaffection disavowal divorce elusion escape evasion falseness flight forsaking leaving perfidy rejection relinquishment renunciation repudiation resignation retirement retreat secession tergiversation treachery truancy withdrawal

WEAK

absconding castoff defecting departing disavowing falling away marooning recreancy running out on

Antonyms

STRONG

allowance approval arrival coming meeting ratification stay

WEAK

aid assistance help staying

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And they don’t even try to justify going back on their word.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

And Alice Weidel, one of the leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, accused Trump of going back on his campaign promises.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“There’s no going back on the deal,” Department of Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw stressed to reporters during a budget briefing last week, saying that the state has already contributed the $10 million promised last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

Yet the comedian, who Rolling Stone has called one of the greatest stand-ups of all time, isn’t going back on what comes most naturally to him.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

It was an open-and-shut case, a fixed arrangement, a tacit agreement that there was no question of going back on.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

going back on

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