unsay

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: un=say

CIDE DICTIONARY

unsay, v. t. [1st pref. un- + say.].

 To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.  [1913 Webster]
"You can say and unsay things at pleasure."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unsay, v.tr. (past and past part. unsaid) retract (a statement).

THESAURUS

unsay

abjure, back down, back out, backwater, climb down, crawfish out, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, eat crow, eat humble pie, forswear, palinode, recall, recant, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, swallow, take back, withdraw

ROGET THESAURUS

unsay

Tergiversation

VB change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note, abjure, renounce, withdraw from, waver, vacillate, wheel round, turn round, veer round, turn a pirouette, go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another, go to the rightabout, box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack, apostatize, change sides, go over, rat, recant, retract, revoke, rescind, recall, forswear, unsay, come over, come round to an opinion, crawfish, crawl, draw in one's horns, eat one's words, eat the leek, swallow the leek, swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it, come back return to one's first love, turn over a new leaf, trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds, nager entre deux eaux, wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows.