abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief. abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath. renounce may …

RETRACTING definition: 1. present participle of retract 2. to take back an offer or statement, etc. or admit that a…. Learn more.

1. to draw back or in: to retract fangs. 1. to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, esp. formally. 2. to withdraw or revoke (a decree, promise, etc.). 4. to make a …

Definition of retract verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

RETRACT definition: to draw back or in. See examples of retract used in a sentence.

Miss Pearce said she expected an unqualified retraction of his comments within twenty-four hours. When a part of a machine or a part of a person's body retracts or is retracted, it moves …

The sense of the word retract meaning to draw back or withdraw comes from the mid-16th century, and its meaning was clear when Napoleon Bonaparte said, "In politics...never retreat, …

Retract definition: To take back; disavow.

She was forced to retract [= take back] her statement. Their college grants were retracted. They retracted the job offer. The stadium's roof is retractable.

Synonyms for RETRACTING: withdrawing, renouncing, denying, repealing, contradicting, refuting, abandoning, recanting; Antonyms of RETRACTING: maintaining, stating, admitting, claiming, …