TAKEN BACK Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

taken back

verb

past participle of take back

as in withdrawn

to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to) I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was

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Recent Examples of taken back The monkey, which has since been nicknamed Oyster after the London travel card, was taken back to the bus depot in the nearby suburb of Willesden, where staff subsequently contacted the RSPCA. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 The appeals court overturned that ruling on jurisdictional grounds but did not order Mahdawi to be taken back into custody. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2026 The sheriff's office said the inmate heard the K-9 unit and surrendered, being taken back into custody without further incident. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 13 July 2026 The property the church acquired represents the first sale of one of the buildings that were taken back through the loan foreclosure. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 Afterwards, a group of community members drove the falcon to the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center for a medical evaluation, the city news release said, and she was then taken back to Aurora. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026 In the Netflix documentary, viewers were taken back to the beginning, when Banks first conceived the idea with the help of Ken Mok, who co-executive-produced the show with her and also took part in the docuseries. — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026 About 1,200 people were killed in Israel during the attack, according to the Israeli authorities, who also said around 250 people were taken back to Gaza as hostages, in figures reported by the New York Times. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 12 June 2026 And Pino was not the only person on Elliott Key; several of the girls on his boat were also there, waiting to be taken back to the mainland. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026

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Defense lawyers have since withdrawn their motion to dismiss the case after the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control in April began allowing Maduro and Flores to receive money from Venezuela to pay for their attorneys.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 July 2026
But those felony assault cases routinely fall apart, with nearly half of them ending with an acquittal, the charges being thrown out, or withdrawn, according to a Times analysis.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 19 July 2026

Definition of withdrawn

Verb

In 2021, Princess Mako, the niece of the emperor and eldest child of Crown Prince Ashikino and Crown Princess Kiko, renounced her royal titles and left the imperial family in order to marry her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
What follows are dozens of examples of how those whose names are familiar (or aren’t) and legendary (or infamous) for their actions while representing the state have been embraced (or renounced) by the rest of the country and beyond.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

Definition of renounced

Verb

This is the franchise that dealt the Wave their worst loss of all, the 1-0 semifinals defeat in San Diego that denied Casey Stoney‘s club, which looked weirdly tentative for long stretches, a 2023 NWSL finals berth at Snapdragon Stadium.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
The case was ultimately dismissed and Levine has denied sending the messages.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

Definition of denied

Verb

Over the weekend, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a positive lettuce test, then retracted it a day later as a false positive.

— Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Anthony Volpe had to defend his character after the team’s play-by-play man, Michael Kay, retracted unfounded claims about the shortdtop’s unwillingness to play second base.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026