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Synonyms
re·tract (rĭ-trăkt́)

[Latin retractāre, to revoke frequentative of retrahere, to draw back, re-, re-, + trahere, to draw, V., tr., senses 2 and 3, and v., intr., sense 2, Middle English retracten, from Old French retracter, from Latin retractus past participle of retrahere.]

verb: -tract·ed, -tract·ing, -tracts. 

transitive verb 

  1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement.
  2. To draw back or in: a plane retracting its landing gear. See synonyms at recede1
  3. Linguistics
    1. To utter (a sound) with the tongue drawn back.
    2. To draw back (the tongue).

intransitive verb 

  1. To take something back or disavow it.
  2. To draw back.

derivatives

re·tract́a·biĺi·ty
noun
re·tract́a·ble
adjective
rétrac·tátion
noun