Retraction

Noun

 * 1) An act or instance of retracting.
 * 2) A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
 * 3)  A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

Thesaurus
abandonment, abjuration, abjurement, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, absolute contradiction, annulment, attrition, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cassation, cession, contradiction, contrary assertion, contravention, controversion, countering, countermand, counterorder, crossing, curtailment, cut, cutting, decrease, decrement, defeasance, denial, depletion, depreciation, derogation, detraction, diminution, dip, disaffirmation, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, disowning, disownment, disparagement, dispensation, disposal, disposition, disproof, dumping, expatriation, extraction, forgoing, forswearing, gainsaying, getting rid of, giving up, impairment, impugnment, invalidation, lessening, letting go, nullification, palinode, palinody, recall, recantation, recedence, receding, recession, reduction, refutation, release, relinquishment, remission, renege, reneging, renouncement, renunciation, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, resignation, retirement, retractation, retractility, retreat, retrenchment, retrocedence, reversal, revocation, revoke, revokement, riddance, sacrifice, setting aside, shortening, shrinkage, surrender, suspension, swearing off, truncation, unsaying, vacation, vacatur, voidance, voiding, waiver, waiving, withdrawal, write-off, yielding

Anagrams

 * interactor