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retract, revoke, renounce, disavow, disclaim, abjure, deny, take back, cancel, back down, back out, withdraw, rescind, abrogate, forswear, contradict, repudiate, abnegate, annul, void, countermand, recall, call back, disown, unsay, nullify, repeal, draw in one's horns*, eat crow*, be of another mind*, eat humble pie*, eat one's words*, eat one's hat*; see also abandon 1.

Antonyms acknowledge*, maintain, proclaim.

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