RETRACT

retract. (fr) retract, going backe

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retract. Retract, v.i. to recant, recall, resume, deny

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Re‐tract″ (rē̍‐trākt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] [[F. rétracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.]] 1. 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
2. 2. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. Bp. Stillingfleet. 3. 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. Woodward.
Syn. — To recall; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.