| Main Entry: | retraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recantation |
Synonyms: |
abjuration, abnegation, about-face, abrogation, annulment, backpedaling, backtracking, contradiction, contraversion, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, disowning, forswearing, gainsaying, nullification, recall, reneging, renouncing, repudiation, reversal, revocation, unsaying, volte-face, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
confirmation, corroboration, reaffirmation |
| Main Entry: | retraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | withdrawal |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, disavowal, nullification, palinode, recantation, rescission |
Antonyms: |
confirmation |
| Main Entry: | about-face |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete change |
Synonyms: |
180 degree turn, change, change in direction, changeabout, double, doubleback, overturning, policy change, repeal, retraction, reversal, reverse, switch, turn, turnabout, turnaround, u-turn, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | abrogation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cancellation |
Synonyms: |
annulment, discontinuation, ending, invalidation, quashing, repudiation, rescission, retraction, reversal, voiding, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | annulment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voiding an agreement |
Synonyms: |
abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, breakup, cancellation, countermanding, dedomiciling, deletion, discharge, dissolution, erasing, going phfft, invalidation, negation, neutralization, nullification, obliteration, recall, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, split up, split*, undoing, vitiation, voiding |
Antonyms: |
enactment, restoration, retention, validation |
| Main Entry: | cancellation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling off; erasure |
Synonyms: |
abandoning, abandonment, abolishing, abolition, abrogation, annulment, canceling, deletion, dissolution, dissolving, elimination, invalidating, invalidation, nullification, overruling, quashing, recall, recalling, repeal, repudiation, retirement, retracting, retraction, reversal, reversing, revocation, revoking, undoing, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
allowance, approval, arrangement, establishment, permission |
| Main Entry: | denial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal, refusal of belief in |
Synonyms: |
abstaining, adjuration, brush-off, cold shoulder, contradiction, controversion, declination, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, dismissing, disproof, dissent, forswearing, gainsaying, nay, negation, negative, nix, no way, nonacceptance, noncommittal, prohibition, protestation, rebuff, rebuttal, refraining, refusing, refutal, refutation, rejecting, rejection, renegement, renouncement, renunciation, repudiating, repudiation, repulse, retraction, statement abnegation, turndown, veto |
Antonyms: |
affirmation, agreement, approval, avowal, claim, corroboration, vouching |
| Main Entry: | disclaimer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repudiation |
Synonyms: |
abjuration, abnegation, clause, denial, disavowal, dissociation, renunciation, retraction, waiver |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request for return |
Synonyms: |
annulment, cancellation, nullification, recision, repeal, rescindment, rescission, retraction, revocation, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
restoration |
| Main Entry: | reversal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | about-face |
Synonyms: |
U-turn, annulment, backpedaling, cancellation, change in direction, doubleback, repeal, rescinding, retraction, switch, turnabout, turnaround, volte-face |