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| Main Entry: | call back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recall |
| Synonyms: | summon, telephone, order back, return a call, summon back |
| Main Entry: | interview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioning and evaluation |
| Synonyms: | account, audience, call, call back, cattle call, communication, conference, consultation, conversation, dialogue, examination, hearing, meeting, oral, parley, press conference, record, statement, talk |
| Main Entry: | recant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back something said |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, abrogate, annul, apostatize, back down, back off, back out, backtrack, call back, cancel, contradict, countermand, deny, dial back, disavow, disclaim, disown, eat one's words, forswear, go back on one's word, nullify, recall, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, void, weasel out, welsh*, withdraw, worm out of |
| Notes: | recant means to formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, while retract means to take back or to draw back or in |
| Antonyms: | confirm, emphasize, recapitulate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back; cancel |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, call back, call off, countermand, deny, disclaim, dismantle, dismiss, disown, erase, expunge, forswear, invalidate, lift, negate, nix*, nullify, obliterate, quash*, recall, recant, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, rub out*, scrub*, vacate, void, wipe out*, withdraw, back out of, backpedal, counterorder, declare null and void, set aside |
| Antonyms: | approve, authorize, enforce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | summon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call to a place |
| Synonyms: | arouse, ask, assemble, beckon, beep, bid, call, call back, call for, charge, cite, command, conjure, convene, convoke, direct, draft, draw on, enjoin, gather, hail, invite, invoke, mobilize, motion, muster, order, petition, rally, recall, request, ring, rouse, sign, signal, subpoena, toll, call forth, call in, call into action, call together, call upon, send for |
| Antonyms: | dismiss, send away |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for return of offending thing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, annul, call back, cancel, countermand, discharge, dismantle, dismiss, disqualify, forswear, lift, nullify, recant, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, take back, withdraw, call in, palinode, unsay |
| Antonyms: | restore |
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