unsay
3 synonyms for unsay, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To take back something that you said.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
The word passed into English through Middle English unseyen, unseien, which developed from Old English onseċġan ("to deny, renounce"), itself from Proto-West Germanic *andasaggjan ("to unsay, renounce, deny"), made up of un- and say. It is cognate with Dutch ontzeggen ("to deny") and German entsagen ("to renounce, abju...
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