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- RETRACT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath renounce may carry the meaning of disclaim or disown forswear may add an implication of perjury or betrayal
- RETRACTED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
RETRACTED definition: 1 past simple and past participle of retract 2 to take back an offer or statement, etc or admit… Learn more
- Retracted - definition of retracted by The Free Dictionary
re·tract·ed , re·tract·ing , re·tracts v tr 1 To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement 2 To draw back or in: a plane retracting its
- RETRACT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
When a part of a machine or a part of a person's body retracts or is retracted, it moves inwards or becomes shorter
- RETRACT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
RETRACT definition: to draw back or in See examples of retract used in a sentence
- retract verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of retract verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [transitive] retract something (formal) to say that something you have said earlier is not true or correct or that you did not mean it He made a false confession which he later retracted They tried to persuade me to retract my words
- retraction - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
retraction (countable and uncountable, plural retractions) An act or instance of retracting A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the
- Retract - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
The sense of the word retract meaning to draw back or withdraw comes from the mid-16th century, and its meaning was clear when Napoleon Bonaparte said, "In politics never retreat, never retract never admit a mistake " Still, sometimes you wish you could retract something you said or did
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