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unasserting

unasserting is the present participle and gerund of unassert.

Meaning of unassert

Verb

unassert (third-person singular simple present unasserts, present participle unasserting, simple past and past participle unasserted)

  1. (transitive) To take back a previous assertion; to recant something.
    • 10 June, 1839, Thomas Carlyle, Sinking of the Vengeur
      I, having once been led to assert the fable, hold myself bound, on all fit occasions, to unassert it with equal emphasis.

Questions about unasserting

What is unasserting the present participle and gerund of?
Unasserting is the present participle and gerund of unassert.

Words near unasserting in the dictionary

  1. unassert
  2. unassertability
  3. unassertable
  4. unasserted
  5. unassertible
  6. unasserting
  7. unassertion
  8. unassertive
  9. unassertively
  10. unassertiveness
  11. unasserts

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