To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).
To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate.
To avert (one's eyes or a gaze).
To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word.
To pull (something) back or back inside.
Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw.
To draw (an extended body part) back into the body.
Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played).
To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege.
To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.
To pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract.
To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke.