retraction

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re·trac·tion

(rĭ-trăk′shən)

1. The act of retracting or the state of being retracted.

a. The act of recanting or disavowing a previously held statement or belief.

b. A formal statement of disavowal.

3. The power of drawing back or of being drawn back.

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retraction

(rɪˈtrækʃən)

1. the act of retracting or state of being retracted

2. the withdrawal of a statement, charge, etc

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re•trac•tion

(rɪˈtræk ʃən)

n.

1. the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.

2. withdrawal of a promise, statement, etc.

3. retractile power.

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Noun	1.	retraction - a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion abjuration, recantation disavowal, disclaimer - denial of any connection with or knowledge of backdown, climb-down, withdrawal - a retraction of a previously held position
	2.	retraction - the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"

retraction

noun

A formal statement of disavowal:

abjuration, palinode, recantation, retractation, withdrawal.

Translations

سَحْب، تَراجُع، إنْكِماش

odvolání

tilbagetrækning

désaveu escamotage rétraction

behúzásvisszahúzás

inn-/samdráttur

ritiro ritrattazione

geri çekme

收回缩进

retraction

[rɪˈtrækʃən] N → retractación f, retracción f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

retraction

(= act, of offer) → Rückzug m; (of statement) → Rücknahme f; (of decision) → Rückgängigmachung f; (= thing retracted) → Rückzieher m

(of claws, Aviat, of undercarriage) → Einziehen nt

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retract

(riˈtrӕkt) verb

to pull, or be pulled, into the body etc. A cat can retract its claws; A cat's claws can retract.

reˈtraction (-ʃən) noun

reˈtractable adjective

able to be pulled up or in. An aeroplane has retractable wheels.

re·trac·tion

n. retracción, encogimiento, contracción; acto de echarse hacia atrás;

clot ___ → ___ del coágulo;

uterine ___ → ___ uterina.

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A SLANDER travelling rapidly through the land upon its joyous mission was accosted by a Retraction and commanded to halt and be killed.

"Your career of mischief is at an end," said the Retraction, drawing his club, rolling up his sleeves, and spitting on his hands.

"Dogged your grandmother!" said the Retraction, with contemptuous vulgarity of speech.

"I have not," replied the Retraction; "we have accidentally met.

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Many of the coloured papers, especially those that were the organs of religious bodies, joined in the general chorus of condemnation or demands for retraction.

During the whole time of the excitement, and through all the criticism, I did not utter a word of explanation of retraction. I knew that I was right, and that time and the sober second thought of the people would vindicate me.

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He felt himself bound as much in honour as in affection to Miss Morland, and believing that heart to be his own which he had been directed to gain, no unworthy retraction of a tacit consent, no reversing decree of unjustifiable anger, could shake his fidelity, or influence the resolutions it prompted.

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Guppy I told my guardian of his old proposal and his subsequent retraction. "After that," said my guardian, "we will certainly receive this hero." So instructions were given that Mr.

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He would obtain complete retraction from the accuser, and set the wrong right; but clearly the wrong could never have been done if he had never planned a deception.

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That blow, unless there is a full retraction on the part of Sir Mulberry, Lord Frederick is ready to justify.'

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Regardless of which word you use--press, squeeze, pull, etc.--to describe the retraction of a trigger, we know what that author is referring to.