meaning of retract
1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
2. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.
4. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
5. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
6. The pricking of a horses foot in nailing on a shoe.
7. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her
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Related Words
retract | retractable | retractate | retractation | retracted | retractible | retractile | retracting | retraction | retractive | retractor |
