retract[verb]Synonyms:- withdraw, deny, disavow, disclaim, eat one's words, recant, renege, renounce, revoke, take back
- draw in, pull back, pull in, sheathe
Antonyms: protract
Related Words: eliminate,
exclude,
rule out,
suspend [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
re‧tract /rɪˈtrækt/
verb formal[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of retrahere 'to pull back', from trahere 'to pull']
1. [transitive] if you retract something that you said or agreed, you say that you did not mean it
Synonym : withdraw:
He confessed to the murder but later retracted his statement.2. [intransitive and transitive] if part of a machine or an animal’s body retracts or is retracted, it moves back into the main part:
The sea otter can retract the claws on its front feet. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲