unsay

• I tried to make them see that their interest, as much as common justice, demanded that they should have a voice in the councils of the nation, such as would truly proclaim their wants, their rights, their wrongs; and I have seen no reason since then to unsay my words. —  Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet
• Never yet had she had opportunity to unsay the cutting words with which she had met him that bitter night. —  A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike
• Man! you have said that which you were too proud and obstinate to unsay, which has lacerated some heart for thirty years that had perhaps secretly and faithfully served you and yours. —  The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
• It was now too late to unsay the words, but not too late to mislead his hearers I got it from Marie Blanc," said Slowfoot with a look of surprise. —  The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains
• I too Affirm: and in a word, I've brought myself To say, unsay, swear, and forswear, at pleasure: And that is now the best of all professions PAR. —  The Comedies of Terence

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