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Added 9 October 2026

unsay

verb

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about unsay at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Take back what one has said.
He swallowed his words

Origin

From Middle English unseyen, unseien, from Old English onseċġan (“to deny, renounce”), from Proto-West Germanic *andasaggjan (“to unsay, renounce, deny”), equivalent to un- + say. Cognate with Dutch ontzeggen (“to deny”), German entsagen (“to renounce, abjure”).

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