retract

IPA: ritrˈækt

An act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction.
A pulling back, especially (military) of an army or military troops; a pull-back, a retreat; also, a signal for this to be done.
Synonym of retreat (“an act of accidentally injuring a horse's foot by incorrectly nailing it during shoeing”)

(transitive)
To pull (something) back or back inside.
(specifically, zoology) To draw (an extended body part) back into the body.
(rare) To avert (one's eyes or a gaze).
(phonetics) To pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract.
(obsolete) To hold back (something); to restrain.
(intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.
To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke.
To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege.
To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate.
(games) Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played).
(intransitive)
To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word.
Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw.
(card games, archaic) To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move.

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