To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally

• withdraw

  1. To take back or away; remove:
  2. To cause to leave or return:
  3. To remove (money) from an account.

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  1. To take back or away; remove:
  2. To cause to leave or return:
  3. To remove (money) from an account.

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• take back

  1. To retract an earlier statement
  2. To cause to remember some past event or time
  3. To resume a relationship

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  1. To retract an earlier statement
  2. To cause to remember some past event or time
  3. To resume a relationship

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• recant

  1. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
  2. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.

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  1. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
  2. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.

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• recall

  1. To ask or order to return:
  2. To remember; recollect:
  3. To be reminiscent of; seem similar to:

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  1. To ask or order to return:
  2. To remember; recollect:
  3. To be reminiscent of; seem similar to:

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• abjure

  1. To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate:
  2. To renounce under oath; forswear.

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  1. To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate:
  2. To renounce under oath; forswear.

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To pull back in

• withdraw

  1. To take back or away; remove:
  2. To cause to leave or return:
  3. To remove (money) from an account.

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  1. To take back or away; remove:
  2. To cause to leave or return:
  3. To remove (money) from an account.

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• draw in

  1. (idiomatic) To attract (groups of people).
  2. (idiomatic) To get someone involved.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive, of night/darkness) To approach.

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  1. (idiomatic) To attract (groups of people).
  2. (idiomatic) To get someone involved.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive, of night/darkness) To approach.

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To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark

• retrogress

  1. To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition.
  2. To go or move backward.

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  1. To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition.
  2. To go or move backward.

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• retrograde

  1. Moving or tending backward:
  2. Opposite to the usual order; inverted or reversed:
  3. Reverting to an earlier or inferior condition:

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  1. Moving or tending backward:
  2. Opposite to the usual order; inverted or reversed:
  3. Reverting to an earlier or inferior condition:

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• retrocede

  1. To go back; recede.
  2. To cede or give back (a territory, for example); return.

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  1. To go back; recede.
  2. To cede or give back (a territory, for example); return.

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• retreat

  1. The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant:
  2. Withdrawal of a military force from a dangerous position or from an enemy attack.
  3. The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller:

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  1. The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant:
  2. Withdrawal of a military force from a dangerous position or from an enemy attack.
  3. The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller:

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• recede

  1. To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark:
  2. To slope away from a point of reference:
  3. To become or seem to become more distant and fainter or less distinct:

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  1. To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark:
  2. To slope away from a point of reference:
  3. To become or seem to become more distant and fainter or less distinct:

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• ebb

  1. The receding or outgoing tide, occurring between the time when the tide is highest and the time when the following tide is lowest.
  2. A period of decline or diminution:
  3. To fall back from the flood stage.

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  1. The receding or outgoing tide, occurring between the time when the tide is highest and the time when the following tide is lowest.
  2. A period of decline or diminution:
  3. To fall back from the flood stage.

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To draw in

• take-in

  1. The act or an instance of swindling or cheating; a deception.

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  1. The act or an instance of swindling or cheating; a deception.

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• draw back

  1. to retreat from a position
  2. to move backwards
  3. to withdraw from an undertaking

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  1. to retreat from a position
  2. to move backwards
  3. to withdraw from an undertaking

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• withdraw

  1. To take back or away; remove:
  2. To cause to leave or return:
  3. To remove (money) from an account.

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  1. To take back or away; remove:
  2. To cause to leave or return:
  3. To remove (money) from an account.

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To disavow

• withdraw

  1. To take back or away; remove:
  2. To cause to leave or return:
  3. To remove (money) from an account.

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  1. To take back or away; remove:
  2. To cause to leave or return:
  3. To remove (money) from an account.

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• take back

  1. To retract an earlier statement
  2. To cause to remember some past event or time
  3. To resume a relationship

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  1. To retract an earlier statement
  2. To cause to remember some past event or time
  3. To resume a relationship

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• countermand

  1. To cancel or reverse (a previously issued command or order).
  2. To recall by a contrary order:
  3. An order or command reversing another one.

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  1. To cancel or reverse (a previously issued command or order).
  2. To recall by a contrary order:
  3. An order or command reversing another one.

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