abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief. abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath. renounce may …

RETRACT meaning: 1. to take back an offer or statement, etc. or admit that a statement was false: 2. to pull…. Learn more.

When a part of a machine or a part of a person's body retracts or is retracted, it moves inwards or becomes shorter.

Definition of retract verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive] retract something (formal) to say that something you have said earlier is not true or correct or that you …

RETRACT definition: to draw back or in. See examples of retract used in a sentence.

to draw back within itself or oneself, fold up, or the like, or to be capable of doing this: The blade retracts. to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, esp. formally or …

Jan 5, 2026 · Verb retract (third-person singular simple present retracts, present participle retracting, simple past and past participle retracted) (transitive) To cancel or take back …

re·tract·ed , re·tract·ing , re·tracts v. tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. To draw back or in: a plane retracting its...

• On some other aircraft, such as Airbus Industrie jets, the spoilers would have retracted automatically during the emergency climb. • Bingham retracted his remarks and apologized to …

The newspaper retracted [= withdrew] the story. She was forced to retract [= take back] her statement.