All contraversion synonyms

noun contraversion

• recantation — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
• annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
• disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
• disclaimer — a statement, document, or assertion that disclaims responsibility, affiliation, etc.; disavowal; denial.
• repudiation — the act of repudiating.
• reversal — an act or instance of reversing.
• abjuration — the act of abjuring.
• abnegation — a giving up of rights, etc.; self-denial; renunciation
• about-face — An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
• abrogation — the act or an instance of abrogating, or repealing: abrogation of the treaty's responsibility.
• contradiction — If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
• disowning — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
• nullification — an act or instance of nullifying.
• recall — to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
• revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
• volte-face — a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
• withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
• backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
• backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
• backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
• gainsaying — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
• reneging — Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
• retraction — the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
• retract — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
• palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.