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noun

Retraction n.

The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation. "Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or concessions."

(Physiol.)

(a)

The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.

(b)

The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.

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Etymology of 'Retraction'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Retraction" Quotes from Famous Books

... were now opened, and he found himself on the brink of a frightful precipice, which his delusions had hitherto concealed from him. His ministers and counsellors, equally astonished, saw no resource but in a sudden and precipitate retraction of all those fatal measures by which he had created to himself so many enemies, foreign and domestic. He paid court to the Dutch, and offered to enter into any alliance with them for common security: he replaced in all the counties the ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. - From Charles II. to James II. • David Hume

... a cause, his anger, though it must shock, could not intimidate Henry, who was sustained in his purpose by a conviction of its justice. He felt himself bound as much in honour as in affection to Miss Morland, and believing that heart to be his own which he had been directed to gain, no unworthy retraction of a tacit consent, no reversing decree of unjustifiable anger, could shake his fidelity, or influence ...

— Persuasion • Jane Austen

... himself a reviser, and the only pastor in the Company (the Old Testament Company), thus gives his experience, "Never, even once, did the odium theologicum appear. Nothing was said at any time that required retraction or apology {41}." ...

— Addresses on the Revised Version of Holy Scripture • C. J. Ellicott

... are merciful to you. Your name and your inexperience excites our pity. Were you but a common prisoner we would offer you in short words the choice between retraction or death. But we are willing to reason with you, for we do not wish to see a noble family become extinct through the ignorance or ...

— The Martyr of the Catacombs - A Tale of Ancient Rome • Anonymous

... action and reaction. The lad's look must have warned Miss Heth that all this went rather far. In fact, she began a sort of retraction, a hurried little soothing away of her impolitic and fairly conclusive remarks. But Dalhousie interrupted her, rising unsteadily in the boat, his young face ...

— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison

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