retract
21Retract — The withdrawal of a bid, offer or statement before any relevant party acts on the information provided. In most circumstances, retracting an offer within a proper time frame will relieve a person of any obligations associated with the bid. Before …
22retract — verb Retract is used with these nouns as the object: ↑allegation, ↑claw, ↑confession, ↑statement …
23retract — verb 1》 draw or be drawn back or back in. 2》 withdraw (a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified. ↘withdraw or go back on (an undertaking). Derivatives retractable adjective retraction noun retractive adjective Origin ME: from L.… …
24retract — verb 1 (T) to make an official statement saying that something which you said previously is not true; withdraw (3): He confessed to the murder but later retracted his statement. 2 (I, T) if part of a machine or an animal s body retracts or is… …
25retract — verb 1) the sea otter can retract its claws Syn: pull in, draw in, pull back 2) she retracted her allegation Syn: take back, withdraw, recant, disavow, disclaim, repudiate, renounce, reverse …
26retract — I re•tract [[t]rɪˈtrækt[/t]] v. t. 1) to draw back or in: to retract fangs[/ex] 2) to be capable of being drawn back or in • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L retractus, ptp. of retrahere to draw back II re•tract [[t]rɪˈtrækt[/t]] v. t. 1) to… …
27retract — I. /rəˈtrækt / (say ruh trakt) verb (t) 1. to draw back or in. –verb (i) 2. to draw or shrink back. {Latin rētrahere to draw back} –retractable, adjective II. /rəˈtrækt / (say ruh trakt) verb (t) 1. to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as… …
28Retract (group theory) — In mathematics, in the field of group theory, a subgroup of a group is termed a retract if there is an endomorphism of the group that maps surjectively to the subgroup and is identity on the subgroup. In symbols, H is a retract of G if and only… …
29retract — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
30retract — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. withdraw, recall, take back, recant, disavow, repudiate, revoke. See nullification, negation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To draw in] Syn. withdraw, draw back, take in; see remove 1 , retreat 1 . 2. [To …
