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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for return of offending thing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, annul, call back, call in, cancel, countermand, discharge, dismantle, dismiss, disqualify, forswear, lift, nullify, palinode, recant, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, take back, unsay, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | restore |
| Main Entry: | repudiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject; turn one's back on |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, apostatize, banish, be against, break with, cast, cast off, cut off, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disacknowledge, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit, dismiss, disown, dump, flush*, fly in the face of, forsake, nix, oust, rat, recant, refuse, renounce, repeal, reprobate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, spurn, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn down, wash one's hands of |
| Antonyms: | admit, approve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | revoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back; cancel |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, back out of, backpedal, call back, call off, countermand, counterorder, declare null and void, deny, disclaim, dismantle, dismiss, disown, erase, expunge, forswear, invalidate, lift, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, recall, recant, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, rub out, scrub, set aside, vacate, void, wipe out, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | approve, authorize, enforce |
| Main Entry: | rule out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exclude, reject |
| Synonyms: | abolish, avert, ban, bate, cancel, count out, debar, deter, dismiss, eliminate, except, forbid, forestall, forfend, leave out, not consider, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, recant, revoke, stave off, suspend, ward off |
| Antonyms: | add, include, keep |
| 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: | vitiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cancel |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, delete, deny, invalidate, negate, nullify, quash, recant, revoke, undermine, undo |
| Antonyms: | schedule, set up |
| Main Entry: | withdraw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retract; declare void |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, ban, bar, call off, disavow, disclaim, dissolve, forswear, invalidate, nullify, quash, recall, recant, renege, renig, repress, repudiate, rescind, retire, reverse, revoke, stamp out, suppress, take back, unsay |
| Antonyms: | advance, allow, permit |
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