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The act of withdrawing or repudiating a statement or opinion formerly expressed
Disavowal, abandonment, or nullification of a previous statement or action
The act of abrogating
A reversal of policy, attitude or principle
Noun
▲
The act of withdrawing or repudiating a statement or opinion formerly expressed
repudiation
disavowal
renunciation
abjuration
disclaimer
denial
forswearing
contradiction
abnegation
negation
disowning
refutation
revocation
withdrawal
recall
reversal
gainsaying
nullification
annulment
abrogation
backpedalling
UK
backpedaling
US
backtracking
contraversion
reneging
renouncing
unsaying
recantation
about-face
volte-face
rejection
renouncement
retractation
palinode
disallowance
disconfirmation
denegation
disaffirmation
giving up
casting aside
rebuttal
abandonment
counterstatement
confutation
dissent
relinquishment
defiance
disproof
renege
apostasy
dismissing
denunciation
dismissal
disapproval
disclaiming
adjuration
negative
disclamation
controversion
brush-off
refusal
self-denial
casting off
rescission
disassociation
dissociation
forsaking
desertion
discarding
refutal
nonacceptance
repudiating
renegement
rejecting
eschewal
turndown
rebuff
veto
spurning
declination
abstention
refrainment
refusing
disacknowledgement
refraining
backdown
knock-back
thumbs down
turning down
refusal to acknowledge
protestation
abdication
surrender
waiver
resignation
remission
sacrifice
yielding
demission
waiving
quitclaim
cancelation
US
repeal
forbearing
cancellation
UK
self-sacrifice
loss
release
avoidance
foregoing
eschewing
self-abnegation
signing away
forgoing
disgorgement
nixing
disavowing
forfeiture
dispensation
backsliding
deferral
ceding
cold shoulder
surrendering
deprivation
forfeit
setting aside
doing without
going without
abstinence
temperance
abstemiousness
asceticism
moderation
austerity
frugality
self-discipline
self-deprivation
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“After receiving evidence to the contrary, the journalist issued a
retraction
of her previously published article, acknowledging the inaccuracies in her statement.”
Noun
▲
Disavowal, abandonment, or nullification of a previous statement or action
disavowal
abandonment
nullification
recantation
rescission
palinode
“The politician's
retraction
of his previously made promise disappointed his supporters.”
Noun
▲
The act of abrogating
abrogation
repeal
nullification
annulment
cancellation
UK
invalidation
voiding
abolition
revocation
rescindment
cancelation
US
quashing
negation
repudiation
withdrawal
dissolution
abolishment
rescission
avoidance
rescinding
reversal
abatement
defeasance
overturning
countermanding
ending
overruling
overriding
vetoing
removal
discontinuation
vitiation
scrapping
suspension
stopping
axing
ditching
disaffirmation
chopping
dumping
setting aside
recall
abandonment
termination
abortion
calling
recision
dropping
disannulment
elimination
undoing
calling off
annihilation
obliteration
deletion
overthrow
veto
retracting
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
voidance
erasure
expunction
changing
alteration
upsetting
rollback
change
disallowing
denial
erasing
discharge
breakup
contradiction
revoking
abandoning
abolishing
refutation
rebuttal
recanting
disclaiming
disproval
refuting
end
eradication
destruction
extermination
suppression
extirpation
subversion
extinction
backpedaling
US
turnaround
doubleback
turnabout
switch
effacement
scrubbing
junking
excising
annulling
closure
backpedalling
UK
wiping out
stamping out
doing away with
blotting out
U-turn
volte-face
closing down
change in direction
ruin
devastation
demolition
ruination
demolishment
desolation
wreckage
crushing
havoc
decimation
wastage
loss
mincemeat
extinguishing
riddance
wrecking
liquidation
ravaging
disintegrating
dissolving
shattering
extinguishment
repression
crashing
invalidating
clampdown
taking away
crackdown
downfall
purging
displacement
disposal
carnage
subverting
banishment
death
purgation
massacre
zapping
sacking
disrupting
rooting out
weeding out
wreck
discrediting
desisting
cessation
perdition
wrack
relinquishment
calamity
slaughter
ejection
expulsion
utter destruction.
omission
evacuation
discard
exclusion
rejection
total destruction
excretion
cut
excision
vanishing
oblivion
disappearance
obsolescence
dying out
no life
prevention
dismantling
end of life
quelling
thing of the past
smashing
defacing
squashing
subduing
prohibition
check
levelling
UK
spoliation
spoiling
razing
defeat
vanquishing
conquering
stop
blighting
wasting
marring
impairment
scarring
wipeout
felling
damage
disfigurement
cowing
halting
arrest
curb
restriction
subdual
conquest
suppressing
dominance
overpowering
injury
dynamiting
harm
leveling
US
torpedoing
blasting
violation
bombing
restraint
squelching
embargo
shutdown
breaking up
pulling down
tearing down
knocking down
blowing up
snuffing out
strike
laying waste
getting tough
stern measures
severe measures
razing to the ground
bane
more ❯
Noun
▲
A reversal of policy, attitude or principle
turnaround
reversal
turnabout
shift
change
switch
doubleback
backpedalling
UK
backpedaling
US
repeal
cancellation
UK
cancelation
US
annulment
inversion
rescinding
transposition
about-face
U-turn
volte-face
about-turn
flip-flop
change in direction
sea change
turn
backtracking
change of heart
turnround
change of mind
swing
revolution
transformation
rowback
180 degree turn
reverse
swerve
change of tack
one-eighty
reversal of policy
paradigm shift
change of plan
u-turn
backdown
right about turn
rotation
concession
climbdown
retreat
changeabout
overturning
U-ey
change of direction
double
climb-down
volte face
policy change
adjustment
deviation
transition
adaptation
swap
fluctuation
vacillation
realignment
modification
revision
alteration
reshaping
recasting
redirection
renewal
amendment
modulation
variation
reformation
readjustment
flux
conversion
variance
veering
oscillation
upheaval
wavering
refashioning
mutation
correction
reordering
substitution
stirring
permutation
changeover
rearrangement
bend
yaw
deflection
stir
metamorphosis
development
move
transmutation
transfiguration
transmogrification
remodelling
UK
remodeling
US
movement
reconstruction
evolution
progression
reorganization
US
revamping
reorganisation
UK
reworking
vicissitude
innovation
motion
makeover
restyling
difference
translation
advance
drift
passage
course
refinement
turnover
remaking
diversification
redoing
restructuring
rebuilding
remoulding
UK
shifting
trend
addition
transubstantiation
remolding
US
renovation
reshuffling
tendency
tempering
novelty
break
diversity
variety
changing
rejigging
alternation
renewing
progress
direction
current
variability
tide
radical change
inconstancy
bias
passing
twist
compression
contraction
surrogate
distortion
flow
overhaul
departure
wind
curve
turning
transit
revolutionizing
US
revolutionising
UK
regeneration
see-sawing
shakedown
ebb and flow
mid-course correction
yo-yoing
jump
metastasis
leap
gradation
shake-up
growth
leaning
run
pivot
transfer
segue
replacement
interchange
instability
arc
inclination
crossover
unsteadiness
redesign
redevelopment
arch
orientation
bearing
cutover
redistribution
regrouping
metanoia
tenor
hook
advancement
angle
tack
repositioning
rethink
modernization
aim
relocation
rise and fall
revolutionary change
rise
morph
improvement
rising and falling
turning point
crossing
shuffle
path
procession
operation
process
vagary
osmosis
mutability
swaying
reversion
seesawing
downturn
switchover
cross
continuation
specialisation
UK
digression
divergence
nuance
tailoring
converting
customizing
US
rapid transition
quantum jump
sudden change
major change
quantum leap
marked transformation
total change
180
refitting
reshuffle
gravitation
heading
diversion
dynamics
activity
customising
UK
metasis
altering
evolvement
newfangledness
innovativeness
specialization
US
mobility
motility
agitation
drive
slant
tilt
rebirth
rationalization
US
juncture
reform
rebrand
transfigurement
kinesis
sway
kinetics
originality
breakaway
inclining
change of fortune
rationalisation
UK
evolving
go over
reorientation
upset
disruption
second thoughts
change of opinion
change of attitude
freshness
unconventionality
modernism
newness
cataclysm
convulsions
revamp
unrest
complete change
turning around
origination
order
grouping
organization
US
arrangement
combination
coming and going
toing and froing
to and fro
uniqueness
shakeout
roaming
wandering
bent
break with tradition
new measures
new devices
engineering
shake up
new methods
shift of emphasis
coup
rollback
overthrow
full swing
drastic alteration
complete shift
radical alteration
dramatic change
fall
zigzag
review
fixing
version
organisation
UK
sorting
alternative
revise
change-up
spin
exchange
accommodation
lean
swivel
winding
cycle
whirl
twirl
gyration
switch-over
regime change
circle
wheel
curvature
circumvolution
spiral
pirouette
circulation
changeability
change of pace
undulation
crook
roll
gyre
curving
inflection
US
twisting
transfer of power
inflexion
UK
circuit
bow
round
rapid change
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