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Retract 1

Definition: To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

Retract 2

Definition: To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.

Retract 3

Definition: To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.

Retract 4

Definition: To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.

Retract 5

Definition: To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.

retract 6

Definition: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

retract 7

Definition: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

retract 8

Definition: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

retract 9

Definition: pull away from a source of disgust or fear

 

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