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Unsay

To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.

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Disown 76% connected

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly diso…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Renounce 76% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

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Repudiate 76% connected

To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

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Swallow 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Withdraw 92% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abjure verb · 78% connection

To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.

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Back noun · 78% connection

The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…

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Backplate noun · 78% connection

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

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Brilliant adjective · 78% connection

A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendere…

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Dorsiferous unknown · 78% connection

Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…

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Opisthotonos noun · 78% connection

severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back

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Postero unknown · 78% connection

- (/). A combining form meaning posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at…

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Re- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out…

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Reassign verb · 78% connection

To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

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Rebound verb · 78% connection

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

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Recall verb · 78% connection

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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Recant verb · 78% connection

To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.

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Recanted imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Recant

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Recanting p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Recant

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Recollect verb · 78% connection

To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

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Redintegration noun · 78% connection

The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- ad…

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Redound verb · 78% connection

To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to r…

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Refracted imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Refract

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