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retraction

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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
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