Thesaurus: retract

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1. v. t. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
2. v. t. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
3. v. t. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.
4. v. i. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
5. v. i. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
6. n. The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
7. v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
8. v. pull away from a source of disgust or fear
9. v. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
10. v. pull inward or towards a center
11. 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. 2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. Bp. Stillingfleet. 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward. Syn. -- To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown. 1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. 2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. Granville. The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
12. v:100 v. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)