Retract

Verb

 * 1)  To pull back inside (for example, an airplane retracting its wheels while flying).
 * 2)  To take back or withdraw something one has said.
 * I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won't sue me.

Synonyms

 * take back
 * withdraw

Adverbs for Retract
pusillanimously; timidly; ultimately; cautiously; fearfully; ignominiously; hastily; dishonorably; despairingly.

Thesaurus
abandon, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, assert the contrary, back, back down, back out, backwater, belie, cancel, cede, climb down, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, countermand, counterorder, crawfish out, cringe, cross, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disannul, disavow, disclaim, disgorge, disown, dispense with, dispose of, disprove, dispute, do away with, do without, draw back, draw in, drop, duck, dump, eat crow, eat humble pie, fall back, flinch, forgo, forswear, gainsay, get along without, get rid of, give away, give up, have done with, impugn, invalidate, join issue upon, kiss good-bye, make a sacrifice, make void, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, override, overrule, palinode, part with, pull back, pull in, pull out, quitclaim, recall, recant, refuse to admit, refute, relinquish, render up, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, resign, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, revoke, sacrifice, set aside, shrink, shy, spare, surrender, suspend, swallow, swear off, take, take back, take issue with, throw up, unsay, vacate, void, waive, wince, withdraw, write off, yield

Etymology

 * From Latin retractum, past participle of retrahere.

Translations

 * Czech: vtáhnout,
 * Greek:


 * Romanian: retrage, retracta


 * Czech: vzít zpět,
 * Greek: ανακαλώ, αναιρώ


 * Romanian: retracta, dezice