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RETRACTION meaning: 1. the act of taking back an offer or statement, or admitting that a statement was false: 2. the…. Learn more.
RETRACT definition: to admit that something you said before was not true: . Learn more.
v.tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. To draw back or in: a plane retracting its landing gear. 3. Linguistics. a. To utter (a sound) with the tongue drawn back.
Retract definition: To take back; disavow. Origin of Retract Latin retractāre to revoke frequentative of retrahere to draw back re-re-trahere to draw V., tr., senses 2 and 3, and v., intr., sense 2, Middle English retracten from Old French retracter from Latin retractus past participle of retrahere
How to use retraction in a sentence. an act of recanting; specifically : a statement made by one retracting; an act of retracting : the state of being retracted… See the full definition
RETRACTING definition: 1. present participle of retract 2. to take back an offer or statement, etc. or admit that a…. Learn more.
retract in British English. (rɪˈtrækt ) verb. 1. (transitive) to draw in (a part or appendage) a snail can retract its horns. to retract the landing gear of an aircraft. 2. to withdraw (a statement, opinion, charge, etc) as invalid or unjustified.