RETRACTION

retraction

(noun) the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; “the retraction of the landing gear”; “retraction of the foreskin”

retraction, abjuration, recantation

(noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

retraction (countable and uncountable, plural retractions)

An act or instance of retracting.

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.

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

Anagrams

• interactor, triaconter

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*trac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétraction, L. retractio a drawing back, hesitation.]

1. The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

2. The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation. Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or Eikon Basilike.

3. (Physiol.) (a) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew. (b) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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