unwrite
Undo your words
To unwrite is to undo or reverse something that has been written—to erase, retract, or nullify text as if it had never existed.
The word often appears in contexts of impossibility or wishful thinking: You can't unwrite history.
In computing, it may refer to reversing a write operation.
The prefix un- suggests not just deletion but restoration to a pre-written state.
Withdraw something said
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- annulDeclare legally void
- nullifyMake of no effect
- voidWithout legal effect
repeal · abrogate · invalidate · revoke · countermand · quash · withdraw · unsay
Turn to opposite
retract
Withdraw something said
void · repeal · abrogate · invalidate · revoke · countermand · quash · withdraw · unsay · take back
reverse
Turn to opposite
erase
Remove recorded marks
- deleteRemove or erase
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
efface · wipe · cancel · remove · clear · scratch · blot · rub out · white out · backspace
censor
One who suppresses content
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
- sanitizeCleanse of pathogens
- expurgateRemove offensive material
suppress · blackout · excise · mask · conceal · edit out · strike through · block out · obscure
unwritewrite
Form text on surface
preserve · memorialize · enshrine · immortalize · rewrite
- unwritten rulesUnstated behavioral expectations
- unwritten lawInformal accepted rule
- unwritten languageSpeech without a script
- unwritten constitutionGovernance by convention, not document