Meaning of unaccept | Babel Free

Definitions

To rescind one's acceptance of.

transitive, uncommon

Examples

“Mr. Hurst interrupted, 'to have⟳ his name⟳ mixed up with shady people, as Ormond says; so, my dear! the long and short of it is, you must refuse⟳ her invitation to go there on this visit⟳!' 'But I have⟳ accepted it.' 'Unaccept it then,' jocosely.”

“According to Spinoza's view⟳, comprehension automatically entails acceptance, and only afterward is the mind⟳ able to proceed to unaccept the statement.”

“The rest⟳ of the world hasn't accepted his argument, but also the rest⟳ of the world has never been able to unaccept it, so it is fairly safe to say⟳ that it is the world's greatest argument, whether it is valid or not.”

“Of course, they were free to unaccept that idea, but unacceptance was a secondary, deliberate revision of an initially accepted belief.”

“I got this offer⟳ in California about an hour after I accepted Rosenfeld's job, so I called him right back. I was calling him about two or three hours after I'd accepted the job — to unaccept it. He was absolutely outraged.”

“In line with Gilbert's writings (1993; Gilbert, Krull, & Malone, 1990), if students lack the motivation or mental ability to "unaccept" the information they have⟳ encoded in order⟳ to pass⟳ my exams, they cannot escape⟳ believing it.”

“Her department had to decide⟳ which of the students would be “unaccepted.” Dr. Roth, chair of graduate education, was chosen to explain⟳ those decisions to them.”

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