unsay
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unsay
Where it comes from
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”).
verb unsays · unsaying · unsaid
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To withdraw, retract (something said).
And in the first place, you will be so good as to unsay that story about selling his head, which if true I take to be good evidence that this harpooneer is stark mad […]
Similar: retract
- To cause something not to have been said; to make it so that one never said something (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive). I wish I could unsay that.
Thesaurus
Talk about this word "unsay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unsay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unsay. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unsay "unsay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unsay.Cite this
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title = {unsay},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unsay},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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