decommitting
Reneging on promises
Decommitting is withdrawing a commitment previously made.
The term appears most often in college athletic recruiting, where a high school athlete who has verbally committed to one school later backs out, usually to accept an offer elsewhere: After decommitting from Ohio State, he signed with Alabama.
The word applies to any reversal of a pledge or promise.
Withdrawing from a commitment
- pulling outRemoving from within
- cancelingRevoking a prior arrangement
- rescindingFormally canceling or withdrawing
- retractingWithdrawing a statement
reneging · abandoning · aborting · dropping out · quitting · exiting · terminating · opting out
Reversing to find alternatives
- flip-floppingRepeatedly reversing one's stance
- about-faceFull directional reversal
- change of heartReversal of opinion
- recantingFormally withdrawing a statement
reconsidering · reversing · overturning · pivoting · backpedaling · going back on · waffling · vacillating
Formally renouncing a belief
- forsakingRenouncing or abandoning completely
- repudiatingFormally refusing to acknowledge
- disavowingRefusing to claim
- disowningFormally rejecting association
relinquishing · disclaiming · rejecting · spurning · abnegating · forswearing · denouncing
Act of freeing
- releasingAllowing to escape
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- disentanglingSeparating intertwined things
- extricatingReleasing from entrapment
uncoupling · separating · loosening · unfastening · unhooking · untying · disassociating · decoupling
backing out
Withdrawing from a commitment
- pulling outRemoving from within
- cancelingRevoking a prior arrangement
- rescindingFormally canceling or withdrawing
retracting · reneging · abandoning · aborting · dropping out · quitting · exiting · terminating · opting out · bailing
backtracking
Reversing to find alternatives
- flip-floppingRepeatedly reversing one's stance
- about-faceFull directional reversal
- change of heartReversal of opinion
recanting · reconsidering · reversing · overturning · pivoting · backpedaling · going back on · waffling · vacillating
abjuring
Formally renouncing a belief
- forsakingRenouncing or abandoning completely
- repudiatingFormally refusing to acknowledge
- disavowingRefusing to claim
disowning · relinquishing · disclaiming · rejecting · spurning · abnegating · forswearing · denouncing
unbinding
Act of freeing
- releasingAllowing to escape
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- disentanglingSeparating intertwined things
extricating · uncoupling · separating · loosening · unfastening · unhooking · untying · disassociating · decoupling · unlinking
decommittingfollowing through
Completing what was started
delivering · fulfilling · making good · standing by · coming through
decommittingcommitting
Carrying out an act
recommitting · signing on · pledging · doubling down · engaging
decommittingdedicating
Committing to a purpose
investing · devoting · allocating · prioritizing · going all in
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