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Verb
Present participle for to reverse one's previous action or opinion
Present participle for to renege on, or fail to honor, an obligation or promise
Present participle for to go back along the same route one has just traveled
Present participle for die down; let up
Present participle for retract
Present participle for state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of
Present participle for wind back
Present participle for to avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
Shrinking back
Noun
A reversal of policy, attitude or principle
The act of recanting or something recanted
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to reverse one's previous action or opinion
backtracking
recanting
retracting
reversing
reconsidering
rethinking
changing
flip-flopping
changing opinion
changing your mind
dooing an about-face
about-facing
going back
backing off
deciding against
doing an about-turn
backing down
thinking better of
doing a U-turn
going into reverse
singing a different song
shifting one's ground
having second thoughts
withdrawing
giving in
eating your words
eating humble pie
reneging
surrendering
going back on
retreating
backing out
taking back
conceding defeat
giving up
abandoning
submitting
yielding
canceling
US
copping out
resigning
cancelling
UK
finking out
altering
reneging on
chickening out
pulling out
begging off
doubling back
admitting defeat
caving in
changing one's mind
doing a volte-face
admitting you were wrong
changing one's tune
retroceding
changing your decision
budging
changing one's attitude
turning back
reevaluating
reassessing
re-evaluating
modifying
reappraising
shifting
revising
reviewing
recalling
scratching
retreating from
withdrawing from
avoiding
welshing
repudiating
moving
capitulating
unsaying
withcalling
amending
conceding
wiggling out
shying from
calling off
crying off
failing to honour
defaulting on
weaseling out
pulling out of
worming out
weaselling out
dropping out
backtracking on
doing an aboutface
changing your tune
giving way
admitting that one is wrong
eating crow
making concessions
doing an about-turn on
acquiescing
acceding
admitting
recoiling
demurring
balking
US
throwing in the towel
setting aside
blowing it off
getting cold feet about
dialing back
getting cold feet
eating one's words
chickening out of
doing a U-turn on
backing out of
turning the tables
accepting defeat
holding back
bowing out
giving ground
wimping out
baulking
UK
pulling back
having no fight left
withdrawing from agreement or statement
more ❯
“He said the chancellor would not
backpedal
on his decision to change his holiday plans and vacation in Germany.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to renege on, or fail to honor, an obligation or promise
reneging
defaulting
abandoning
repudiating
welching
withdrawing
backing out
reneging on
backing down on
backing out of
backtracking on
breaking your word
defaulting on
failing to honour
going back on
taking back
breaking a promise
rowing back on
failing to honor
going back on your word
“He has been talking to those pastors behind the scenes, trying to
backpedal
on his promise as if the matter is over and there's nothing he can do.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to go back along the same route one has just traveled
backtracking
returning
retreating
retroceding
retrograding
going back
turning back
doubling back
falling back
turning tail
retracing your steps
reversing
backing up
moving back
withdrawing
driving back
moving backwards
moving backward
going backward
retracting
retiring
receding
going into reverse
backing away
drawing back
driving backwards
regressing
going back over the same ground
recanting
backing
about-facing
doing an about-turn
doing a U-turn
dooing an about-face
backing down
doing a volte-face
backing off
sending backwards
going backwards
driving backward
sending back
retrogressing
dodging
looping
turning
circling
reversing path
backpedalling
UK
disowning
renouncing
revoking
abjuring
repudiating
unsaying
taking back
canceling
US
disavowing
cancelling
UK
repealing
disclaiming
rescinding
recalling
denying
abnegating
annulling
foreswearing
reneging
forswearing
reneging on
eliminating
going back on
eating one's words
calling off
excluding
changing one's mind
suspending
welshing
rowing back on
withcalling
doing a U-turn on
reeling in
taking in
doing an about-turn on
countermanding
ruling out
backing out of
having change of heart
backtracking on
nigging
apologising
UK
apologizing
US
eating your words
forgetting it
changing one's tune
more ❯
“We decided to
backpedal
once it became apparent that we were heading in the wrong direction.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for die down; let up
relenting
yielding
capitulating
softening
acquiescing
giving in
melting
unbending
acceding
giving way
weakening
blinking
bowing
budging
conceding
forbearing
quitting
submitting
succumbing
surrendering
backing down
coming round
doing a U-turn
having mercy
becoming lenient
becoming merciful
complying
folding
giving quarter
having pity
knuckling under
showing mercy
showing pity
slowing
sympathising
UK
sympathizing
US
admitting something
agreeing to something
allowing something
conceding something
caving in
coming around
cooling it
crying uncle
dying away
doing an about-turn
giving up
laying back
letting go
letting happen
lightening up
mellowing out
saying uncle
changing one's mind
easing up on
giving some slack
going along with
going easy on
letting it happen
changing your mind
taking a softer line
withdrawing
throwing in the towel
pulling out
laying down your arms
calling it a day
stopping
backing out
admitting defeat
backpedalling
UK
deferring
ceding
conceding defeat
falling
throwing in the sponge
raising the white flag
buckling under
showing the white flag
agreeing
accepting defeat
laying down arms
waving the white flag
bending
relinquishing
crumbling
abandoning
going down
going under
packing it in
tossing it in
putting up white flag
giving up the struggle
assenting
suffering defeat
retracting
collapsing
accepting
caving
kowtowing
resigning
bowing out
delivering
indulging
losing
buckling
knuckling
breaking
abdicating
laying down
falling victim
handing over
throwing in your hand
eating crow
rolling over
giving yourself up
coming to terms
resigning yourself
retreating
changing
compromising
consenting
giving oneself up
adapting
consigning
entrusting
foregoing
leaving
throwing up one's hands
chucking it in
playing dead
throwing up the sponge
falling in line
eating humble pie
adhering
showing white flag
giving in to
agreeing with
granting
conforming
hesitating
wavering
vacillating
eating one's words
truckling
heeding
observing
desisting
presenting
despairing
forswearing
waiving
ceasing
tendering
dropping
proffering
easing off
easing up
leaving off
chickening out
bailing out
handing in
cutting out
coming off second-best
failing
giving way to
yielding to
concurring with
cooperating with
complying with
acquiescing in
acting in accordance with
crying quits
folding up
giving oneself over
turning in
turning over
calling it quits
losing out
keeling
surrendering to
touching
falling short
having the worst
defaulting
getting the worst
coming up short
taking a licking
coming to grief
resigning oneself
bending the knee
hoisting the white flag
giving ground
humbling oneself
disarming
mollifying
relaxing
bowing to something
bowing to someone
giving away the store
coming a cropper
taking a beating
meeting one's Waterloo
dropping a bundle
suffering
crashing out
moving
affecting
reneging
backtracking
forgiving
breaking your promise
dooing an about-face
failing to honour
having second thoughts
defaulting on
going back on
copping out
breaking one's word
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for retract
taking back
withdrawing
retracting
repealing
rescinding
revoking
repudiating
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
recanting
renouncing
abjuring
recalling
forswearing
reneging
unsaying
abnegating
disclaiming
foreswearing
disavowing
backtracking
apologising
UK
apologizing
US
reclaiming
repossessing
going back on
calling off
backing down
forgetting it
eating one's words
eating crow
eating your words
changing one's mind
eating humble pie
having change of heart
abrogating
invalidating
nullifying
quashing
annulling
reversing
abolishing
voiding
countermanding
vacating
avoiding
overruling
overriding
obviating
negating
disannulling
setting aside
making void
rendering invalid
nixing
dismantling
lifting
declaring null and void
removing
dissolving
nulling
wiping out
backing out of
striking down
rolling back
erasing
scrubbing
abandoning
calling
dropping
aborting
scrapping
disowning
counterordering
obliterating
dismissing
denying
expunging
crying off
calling back
abating
stamping out
killing
rubbing out
weaseling out
weaselling out
overturning
suppressing
repressing
banning
barring
doing an about-turn
doing a U-turn
crawling out of
wangling out
backwatering
pulling the plug
forgetting
making null and void
blowing
throwing over
shooting down
vetoing
opting out
zapping
backing out
washing out
standing down
worming out
KO'ing
effacing
discharging
discarding
deleting
cutting
purging
omitting
undoing
censoring
excluding
editing
blacking
deleing
eliding
blue-penciling
editing out
blocking out
blue-pencilling
crosses out
putting an end to
stroking out
snuffing out
cancelling out
taking out
casting aside
blanking out
declaring invalid
rendering null and void
striking out
rooting out
whiting out
sweeping away
canceling out
bluing pencil
inking out
blotting out
blacking out
putting a line through
Xing out
backpedalling
UK
reneging on
backtracking on
suspending
rejecting
stopping
withcalling
welshing
disaffirming
axing
backing off
ignoring
disregarding
dishonouring
UK
disobeying
dishonoring
US
refusing to fulfil
ending
discontinuing
forsaking
apostatizing
relinquishing
vitiating
breaking off
contradicting
chopping
dumping
ditching
dialing back
worming out of
going back on one's word
doing away with
superseding
annihilating
torpedoing
deracinating
terminating
waiving
subverting
getting rid of
knocking out
knocking something on the head
giving something the chop
finishing off
doing in
refusing
retrograding
retreating
backing
retroceding
eliminating
receding
nigging
prohibiting
forbidding
rowing back on
reeling in
drawing back
doing a U-turn on
falling back
taking in
ruling out
debarring
embargoing
changing one's tune
doing an about-turn on
blocking
proscribing
blackballing
rebuffing
squashing
outlawing
giving the thumbs down to
precluding
turning down
keeping back
zinging
disallowing
putting down
shutting out
disacknowledging
passing on
throwing out
tabooing
throwing
saying no to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of
denying
contradicting
gainsaying
repudiating
negating
opposing
refuting
disproving
negativing
rebutting
challenging
contesting
debunking
disaffirming
discrediting
exploding
nullifying
retracting
controverting
countering
declaring untrue
disallowing
disavowing
disclaiming
disconfirming
disowning
dissenting from
invalidating
quashing
rebuffing
rejecting
confuting
disagreeing with
taking back
banning
begrudging
blocking
contravening
curbing
disacknowledging
disagreeing
disbelieving
doubting
excluding
forbidding
forgoing
preventing
recanting
restraining
revoking
sacrificing
shooting down
spurning
tabooing
withsaying
calling on
enjoining from
holding back
keeping back
not buying
shooting down in flames
shooting full of holes
saying no to
taking exception to
turning thumbs down
standing in the way
Verb
▲
Present participle for wind back
rewinding
backing up
reversing
spooling back
undoing
winding back
backtracking
retracting
retreating
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
dismantling
invalidating
inverting
upending
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
copping out
bypassing
escaping
sidestepping
avoiding
dodging
ducking
evading
shirking
shrinking from
skipping
skirting round
skiving
abandoning
bilking
cutting
declining
deserting
excusing
funking
quitting
rationalising
UK
rationalizing
US
reneging
renouncing
revoking
running away from
skiving off
steering clear of
welshing
withdrawing
backing down
backing off
backing out
backing out of
ducking out of
getting out
getting out of
having alibi
pulling out of
sliding out of
using pretext
weaseling out
weaselling out
wriggling out of
giving the slip
Verb
▲
Shrinking back
backing away
retreating
withdrawing
giving ground
receding
retiring
backing off
blenching
cowering
crawfishing
drawing back
falling back
giving way
losing ground
moving away
pulling back
pulling out
quailing
quaking
recoiling
shrinking
shrinking back
stepping back
backing out
shying away
Noun
▲
A reversal of policy, attitude or principle
turnaround
reversal
turnabout
shift
change
retraction
switch
doubleback
repeal
cancellation
UK
cancelation
US
annulment
inversion
rescinding
transposition
about-face
U-turn
volte-face
about-turn
flip-flop
change in direction
backtracking
turnround
sea change
change of heart
swing
tergiversation
rowback
swerve
reversion
paradigm shift
revocation
recall
rescindment
invalidation
abrogation
abortion
recision
nullification
setting aside
dropping
voiding
abandonment
calling
180
rethink
rescinsion
voidance
disannulment
calling off
rescission
one-eighty
change of plan
change of mind
reversal of policy
climb-down
second thoughts
change of attitude
volte face
change of opinion
backpedalling
UK
turn
reverse
transformation
change of direction
revolution
modification
variation
conversion
alteration
mutation
180 degree turn
change of tack
revision
substitution
swap
amendment
reshaping
recasting
transition
changeabout
right about turn
renewal
rearrangement
deviation
metamorphosis
reordering
changeover
rotation
overturning
U-ey
transmutation
upheaval
switchover
permutation
alternation
u-turn
backdown
concession
climbdown
move
retreat
eating one's words
about face
reversement
vagary
turning
retroversion
retrogression
replacement
about turn
diversity
variety
development
mutability
regression
change of loyalties
downturn
progression
change of course
turn-around
vicissitude
turn around
double
mid-course correction
change of fortune
exchange
interchange
trade
evolution
complete change
policy change
surrogate
remoulding
UK
reorganization
US
rebuilding
redoing
remodelling
UK
reconstruction
commutation
bartering
restyling
revamping
rejigging
renovation
reshuffling
renewing
reworking
overhaul
transfiguration
transmogrification
remaking
revolutionizing
US
quantum leap
reorganisation
UK
revolutionising
UK
marked transformation
quantum jump
total change
remodeling
US
revolutionary change
remolding
US
sudden change
major change
radical change
adjustment
break with the past
adaptation
fluctuation
vacillation
realignment
redirection
reformation
modulation
readjustment
flux
variance
veering
oscillation
refashioning
stirring
wavering
correction
bend
yaw
stir
deflection
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of recanting or something recanted
recantation
abjuration
denial
disavowal
renouncement
renunciation
repudiation
retractation
retraction
withdrawal
abnegation
about-face
abrogation
annulment
apostasy
backtracking
contradiction
contraversion
disclaimer
disowning
forswearing
gainsaying
negation
nullification
palinode
recall
renege
reneging
renouncing
reversal
revocation
unsaying
volte-face
refutation
backpedalling
UK
rejection
abandonment
giving up
casting aside
relinquishment
spurning
refusal
eschewal
disallowance
casting off
surrender
abdication
abstention
rebuff
veto
forgoing
waiving
self-denial
dismissal
forsaking
waiver
rebuttal
disconfirmation
denegation
nonacceptance
denunciation
declination
turndown
yielding
knock-back
negative
thumbs down
turning down
resignation
demission
self-sacrifice
cancellation
UK
eschewing
signing away
sacrifice
cancelation
US
repeal
self-abnegation
remission
forbearing
no
declining
non-acceptance
nay
exclusion
brushoff
avoidance
slap in the face
bounce
nix
bum's rush
pass
elimination
cold shoulder
kick in teeth
hard time
no go
kick in the teeth
the old heave-ho
nothing doing
no dice
no way
dissent
refutal
dismissing
disapproval
renegement
rejecting
disclaiming
defiance
repudiating
disgorgement
disproof
counterstatement
desertion
confutation
disaffirmation
adjuration
refusing
disacknowledgement
controversion
refraining
statement abnegation
refusal to acknowledge
brush-off
discarding
disclamation
more ❯
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