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3 letters

NIX
Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

NIG

4 letters

VOID
Take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"

LIFT
The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

LIFT
The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

BACK
A support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

UNDO
Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

REPO

DENY
Refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

5 letters

ANNUL
Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

SCRUB
The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

UNSAY
Take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

REWIN

WELSH
A breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales

ERASE
Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

QUASH
Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

6 letters

RESUME
Take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"

REMOVE
Cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

REMOVE
Cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

PULLIN
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

TAKEIN
Make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

NEGATE
Prove negative; show to be false

RECALL
A bugle call that signals troops to return

RETURN
The act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

REGAIN
Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"

RENEGE
The mistake of not following suit when able to do so

RECANT
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

REPEAL
The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

VACATE
Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

DISOWN
Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

REVOKE
The mistake of not following suit when able to do so

ABJURE
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

CANCEL
A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

RECEDE
Become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"

REELIN

DRAWIN
Advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

RUBOFF
Wear away

7 letters

REVERSE
Turning in the opposite direction

SHEATHE
Cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"

DISAVOW
Refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

CALLOFF
Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"

BACKOUT
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

RETREAT
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"

RETREAT
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"

READOPT

ABOLISH
Do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

GETBACK
Take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"

WIPEOUT
A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

DISMISS
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

RECLAIM
Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"

RESCIND
Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

RECOVER
Regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"

RETRACT
Pull away from a source of disgust or fear

SWALLOW
Engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

EATCROW

SUSPEND
Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

SUSPEND
Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

BACKOFF
Move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"

NULLIFY
Show to be invalid

EXPUNGE
Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

EXCLUDE
Prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"

RULEOUT
Dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

ABANDON
The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"

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DRAWBACK
Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

DIALBACK

DIALBACK

GIVEBACK
Pay back; "Please refund me my money"

WITHDRAW
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

DISCLAIM
Make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"

SETASIDE
Make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"

RENOUNCE
Turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

ABROGATE
Revoke formally

FORSWEAR
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

FORSWEAR
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

PALINODE

PULLBACK
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

ABNEGATE
Deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"

BACKDOWN
A retraction of a previously held position

FALLBACK
To break off a military action with an enemy

FORGETIN

CRAWFISH
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

CALLBACK
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

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BACKTRACK
Retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"

RETROCEDE

BACKWATER
A body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"

FINDAGAIN

WEASELOUT

BACKPEDAL
Modify one's opinion, make it less strong

ELIMINATE
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

REPUDIATE
Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"

REPUDIATE
Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"

BRINGBACK
Return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"

REPOSSESS
Regain possession of something

ASKRETURN

ASKRETURN

DISMANTLE
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

10 letters

OBLITERATE
Reduced to nothingness

RETROGRADE
Go back over; "retrograde arguments"

CONTRADICT
Prove negative; show to be false

INVALIDATE
Make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets"