Retract

Meaning

Verb

●

To

(something) back or back inside.

●

In Zoology & Horses:

To

(something) back or back inside.

To

(an

)

the body.

●

To

(one's

or a gaze).

●

In Phonetics:

To

(a

, especially a

) farther to the back of the

tract.

●

To

(something); to restrain.

●

To

; to

; to withdraw.

●

To

or

(something, such as an

or a

or

); to

, to revoke.

●

To

or

to keep (a

, etc.); to renege.

●

To

or

(something that has been said or

); to

, to repudiate.

●

In Card games & Games:

Originally in

and now in other

as well: to

or

(a

);

(

) to

or

(a

which has been played).

●

To

or

to do something

; to

word.

●

Of something said or

(such as

work): to

or withdraw.

●

In Card games:

To

change one's mind

after

an

to make a certain move.

Noun

●

An

of

or

(a

, a

, etc.); a retraction.

●

In Military:

A

, especially (military) of an

or

; a

, a

; also, a

for this to be done.

●

In Horses:

Synonym of

(“an

of

a horse's

by

during shoeing”)

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retract

English

retractum

Latin

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