verb
unsay
Unsay (verb) means to take back something that you said.
verb
1
To take back something that you said.
2
To make it as though something had never been said at all, which is really impossible, so the idea is usually spoken of as a wish.
"Unsay those haunting words."
— Algernon Blackwood, Karma (1918)
"I wish I could unsay that."
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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, abjure").
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What is the meaning of unsay?
"unsay" (verb) means to take back something that you said.
What is another word for unsay?
Other words for "unsay" include retract, swallow, withdraw.
What are the different meanings of unsay?
"unsay" has 2 main meanings: 1. To take back something that you said; 2. To make it as though something had never been said at all, which is really impossible, so the idea is usually spoken of as a wish.
