RETRACT

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile

(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; “He retracted his earlier statements about his religion”; “She abjured her beliefs”

retract, pull back, draw back

(verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

retract (third-person singular simple present retracts, present participle retracting, simple past and past participle retracted)

(transitive) To pull back inside.

(ambitransitive) To draw back; to draw up.

(transitive) To take back or withdraw something one has said.

To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke.

Synonyms

• (to take back or withdraw something one has said): take back, withcall, withdraw; See also recant

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] Etym: [F. rétracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.]

1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

2. Ti 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. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward.

Syn.

– To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.

Re*tract", v. i.

1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.

2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. Granville.

Re*tract", n. (Far.)

Definition: The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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