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Definition of Retract
1. Verb. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. "She abjured her beliefs"
Generic synonyms: Disown, Renounce, Repudiate
Derivative terms: Abjuration, Abjurer, Forswearing, Recantation, Retraction
2. Verb. Pull away from a source of disgust or fear.
Generic synonyms: Cringe, Flinch, Funk, Quail, Recoil, Shrink, Squinch, Wince
3. Verb. Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ).
4. Verb. Pull inward or towards a center. "The cat retracted his claws"
Generic synonyms: Attract, Draw, Draw In, Pull, Pull In
Related verbs: Attract, Draw, Draw In, Pull, Pull In
Specialized synonyms: Introvert, Invaginate
Derivative terms: Retraction
Definition of Retract
1. v. t. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
2. v. i. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
3. n. The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Definition of Retract
1. to take back [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Retract
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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.
Synonym: To recal, withdraw, rescind, revoke, unsay, disavow, recant, abjure, disown.
Origin: F. Retracter, L. Retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. Retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.
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)
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