noun. The act of retracting or the state of being retracted.

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noun. The act of recanting or disavowing a previously held statement or belief.

noun. A formal statement of disavowal.

noun. The power of drawing back or of being drawn back.

noun. The act of retracting, or the state of being retracted or drawn back: as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

noun. A falling back; retreat.

noun. The act of undoing or unsaying something previously done or said; the act of rescinding or recanting, as previous measures or opinions.

noun. Synonyms See renounce.

noun. The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted.

noun. The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.

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noun. The act of retracting or shortening.

noun. The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.

noun. An act or instance of retracting.

noun. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.

noun. A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

noun. the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back

noun. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

"FLATOW: They will print a word retraction on it, right?"

motility  motion  move  movement  

abstraction  action  attraction  contraction  diffraction  

abjuration  clarifications  palliation  recantation  repeal  

abandonment  abjuration  abjurement  abolishment  abolition