Uncancel

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To take back, undo the act of canceling (someone or something). transitive

    "Any clown with social media followers and moral self-laudation can cancel someone. […] No, I don’t cancel. I uncancel. And I’m a better public servant because of it. No one is remembered for what he got, only for what he gave. So, let he who is without sin cast the first tweet. The rest of us are busy working together to make our union just a little bit more perfect, despite our imperfections."

Example

More examples

"Any clown with social media followers and moral self-laudation can cancel someone. […] No, I don’t cancel. I uncancel. And I’m a better public servant because of it. No one is remembered for what he got, only for what he gave. So, let he who is without sin cast the first tweet. The rest of us are busy working together to make our union just a little bit more perfect, despite our imperfections."

Etymology

From un- + cancel.

Related phrases

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