unsaying

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And then they unsay it, and they keep unsaying it, breaking their own rules over and over again.

From The Guardian • May 13, 2017

But pride prompted this, for he said to himself, "If Margaret and I keep at this childish work of unsaying each other's commands, that sharp old fellow, Reuben, will suspect that we have quarrelled."

From Friends and Neighbors by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

There was a sort of mad entreaty in his eyes, as if he hoped that by unsaying she could remedy an irremediable disaster, and there was nothing left of him but those panic-stricken, beseeching eyes.

From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph

They had appeared in too many instances; and, though frightened at his anger, she stood still, without unsaying her words.

From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

"And if Aunt Julia isn't a 'Mede 'n' Persian,' she might almost as well be one—when it comes to unsaying things," Patricia told herself, as she started for the house.

From Patricia by Elliott, Emilia [pseud.]