n.
1) to make a ~
2) to extort, force a ~ from; to beat a ~ out of (the police beat a ~ out of him)
3) to repudiate, retract, take back, withdraw a ~
4) a deathbed; forced; full; public; voluntary ~
5) ( rel. ) to hear smb.'s ~
6) ( rel. ) to go to ~
7) a ~ that + clause (he made a public ~ that he had accepted bribes)