"retract" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈtɹækt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹəˈtɹækt/ [General-American], /-ɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retract.wav [General-American] Forms: retracts [plural]
Rhymes: -ækt Etymology: Partly: * from retract (verb) (see etymology 1); and * from Late Latin retractus (“a pulling back, retreat; refuge”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), the perfect passive participle of Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay”) (see etymology 1) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Doublet of retrait, retreat, and ritratto. Etymology templates: {{m|en|retract|pos=verb}} retract (verb), {{der|en|LL.|retractus|t=a pulling back, retreat; refuge}} Late Latin retractus (“a pulling back, retreat; refuge”), {{der|en|la|retractus|t=withdrawn}} Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{der|en|la|retrahō|t=to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay}} Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{m|la|-tus|pos=suffix forming action nouns from verbs}} -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs), {{doublet|en|retrait|retreat|ritratto}} Doublet of retrait, retreat, and ritratto Head templates: {{en-noun}} retract (plural retracts)
  1. An act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-retract-en-noun-5qfr3eiL
  2. A pulling back, especially (military) of an army or military troops; a pull-back, a retreat; also, a signal for this to be done. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-retract-en-noun-p27lxYR9
  3. (group theory) A subgroup of a given group such that there is a surjective endomorphism from the ambient group to the subgroup which is constant on the subgroup; in this case the subgroup is a retract of the ambient group. In symbols: H in G is a retract of G if there exists a surjective homomorphism σ from G to H with σ|_H= operatorname id. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Group theory Categories (lifeform): Horses
    Sense id: en-retract-en-noun-y2zbDKz5 Disambiguation of Horses: 5 3 23 5 5 3 8 2 10 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 6 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 3 14 5 5 3 6 1 14 2 3 8 3 6 7 2 3 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 4 19 4 5 3 6 1 11 2 2 6 2 7 7 2 3 11 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 5 4 14 5 6 4 5 2 10 4 4 6 3 6 7 3 3 7 Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences
  4. (topology) The target of a retraction. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Topology
    Sense id: en-retract-en-noun-rIatArSU Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
  5. Synonym of retreat (“an act of accidentally injuring a horse's foot by incorrectly nailing it during shoeing”) Tags: obsolete Synonyms: retreat [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-retract-en-noun-NmpU6Ci5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deformation retract
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈtɹækt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹəˈtɹækt/ [General-American], /-ɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retract.wav [General-American] Forms: retracts [present, singular, third-person], retracting [participle, present], retracted [participle, past], retracted [past]
Rhymes: -ækt Etymology: From Late Middle English retracten, retract (“to absorb, draw in”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), the perfect passive participle of Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”) (apparently ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull (?)”), a variant of *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)). Doublet of retreat. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰregʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|retracten}} Middle English retracten, {{m|enm|retract|t=to absorb, draw in}} retract (“to absorb, draw in”), {{der|en|la|retractus|t=withdrawn}} Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{der|en|la|retrahō|t=to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay}} Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay”), {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{m|la|re-|pos=prefix meaning ‘again’}} re- (prefix meaning ‘again’), {{m|la|trahō|t=to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw}} trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{der|en|ine-pro|*tregʰ-|t=to drag, pull (?)}} Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull (?)”), {{m|ine-pro|*dʰregʰ-|t=to drag, pull; to run}} *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”), {{doublet|en|retreat}} Doublet of retreat Head templates: {{en-verb}} retract (third-person singular simple present retracts, present participle retracting, simple past and past participle retracted)
  1. (transitive)
    To pull (something) back or back inside.
    Tags: transitive Synonyms: pull back
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-9lgP7KKV
  2. (transitive)
    To pull (something) back or back inside.
    (specifically, zoology) To draw (an extended body part) back into the body.
    Tags: specifically, transitive Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: pull back
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-J-qxbKFY Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. (transitive)
    (rare) To avert (one's eyes or a gaze).
    Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-CSjEOo-T
  4. (transitive)
    (phonetics) To pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-k5dtKQOV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 24 5 40 8 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 3 14 5 5 3 6 1 14 2 3 8 3 6 7 2 3 9 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  5. (transitive)
    (obsolete) To hold back (something); to restrain.
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-YsGuW8Es
  6. (intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw. Tags: intransitive Translations (to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw): отдръпвам (otdrǎpvam) (Bulgarian), отдръпвам се (otdrǎpvam se) (Bulgarian), denagha (Cornish), rétracter (French), összehúzódik (Hungarian), visszahúzódik (Hungarian), retrahō (Latin), retrair (Portuguese), retraer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-gVkC4iNZ Disambiguation of 'to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw': 3 6 1 2 5 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nonretraction, retraction, retractive, retreat Translations (to pull (something) back or back inside): прибирам (pribiram) (Bulgarian), vtáhnout (Czech), zatáhnout (Czech), vetää sisään (Finnish), συμπτύσσω (symptýsso) (Greek), behúz (Hungarian), visszahúz (Hungarian), whakakopa (Maori), retrair (Portuguese), retracta (Romanian), retrage (Romanian), втягивать (vtjagivatʹ) (Russian), вбира́ть (vbirátʹ) (Russian), retraer (Spanish)
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: nonretractable, nonretractile, nonretracting, retractability, retractibility, retractable, retractible, retractility, unretractable, unretracted, unretractile, retracted [adjective], retractile, retracting [adjective, noun], retractor Disambiguation of 'to pull (something) back or back inside': 47 47 0 1 2 2

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈtɹækt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹəˈtɹækt/ [General-American], /-ɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retract.wav [General-American] Forms: retracts [present, singular, third-person], retracting [participle, present], retracted [participle, past], retracted [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], retract [infinitive]
Rhymes: -ækt Etymology: From Middle French rétracter (“to annul; to reconsider; to withdraw”) (modern French rétracter (“to retract; to contract”)), and from its etymon Latin retractāre, the present active infinitive of retractō (“to retract, withdraw; to annul, revoke; to detract from; to undertake again; to reconsider; to remember; to decline, refuse”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + tractō (“to drag, haul, tug”) (from trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”) (see further at etymology 1) + -tō (frequentative suffix forming verbs)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|rétracter|t=to annul; to reconsider; to withdraw}} Middle French rétracter (“to annul; to reconsider; to withdraw”), {{cog|fr|rétracter|t=to retract; to contract}} French rétracter (“to retract; to contract”), {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|la|retractāre}} Latin retractāre, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{m|la|retractō|t=to retract, withdraw; to annul, revoke; to detract from; to undertake again; to reconsider; to remember; to decline, refuse}} retractō (“to retract, withdraw; to annul, revoke; to detract from; to undertake again; to reconsider; to remember; to decline, refuse”), {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{m|la|re-|pos=prefix meaning ‘again’}} re- (prefix meaning ‘again’), {{m|la|tractō|t=to drag, haul, tug}} tractō (“to drag, haul, tug”), {{m|la|trahō|t=to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw}} trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”), {{glossary|frequentative}} frequentative, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{m|la|-tō|pos=frequentative suffix forming verbs}} -tō (frequentative suffix forming verbs), {{sup|2}} ² Head templates: {{en-verb}} retract (third-person singular simple present retracts, present participle retracting, simple past and past participle retracted) Inflection templates: {{en-conj-simple}}
  1. (transitive)
    To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-mRGnUiMX
  2. (transitive)
    To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-XIjxa-DO
  3. (transitive)
    To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate.
    Tags: transitive Synonyms: unsay, unspeak [rare], walk back, withcall, withdraw, recant Translations (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate): взимам си думите назад (vzimam si dumite nazad) (Bulgarian), vzít zpět (Czech), odvolat (Czech), vetää pois (Finnish), rétracter (French), ανακαλώ (anakaló) (Greek), visszavon (Hungarian), ritrattare (Italian), kairua (Maori), retrair (Portuguese), retirar (Portuguese), retracta (Romanian), dezice (Romanian), retractar (Spanish), ta tillbaka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-K0p9pSyG Disambiguation of 'to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate': 25 0 32 20 1 20 2
  4. (transitive)
    (games) Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played).
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Card games, Games
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-a-xD86J1 Topics: games
  5. (intransitive)
    To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word.
    Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-h~ST66ru
  6. (intransitive)
    Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw.
    Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-iBn3di67
  7. (intransitive)
    (card games, archaic) To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move.
    Tags: archaic, intransitive Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-retract-en-verb-snbVmEmm Topics: card-games, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: retracted [adjective], retractile, retracting [adjective, noun], retractor, retraction Related terms: retractate [obsolete], retractation, retractative [rare], epanorthosis [rhetoric]
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "code": "es",
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      "expansion": "tractō (“to drag, haul, tug”)",
      "name": "m"
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "²",
      "name": "sup"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke."
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        [
          "edict",
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        [
          "favour",
          "favour#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "grant",
          "grant#Noun"
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        [
          "previously",
          "previously"
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          "bestow"
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          "rescind"
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        "To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke."
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege."
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      "id": "en-retract-en-verb-XIjxa-DO",
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          "fail",
          "fail#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep#Verb"
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        [
          "promise",
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          "renege",
          "renege"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege."
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        "transitive"
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    {
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          "word": "affirm"
        },
        {
          "word": "confirm"
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          "word": "maintain"
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        {
          "text": "I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won’t sue me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1710, [George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne], “The British Enchanters; or, No Magick Like Love. A Dramatick Poem. […]”, in Poems upon Several Occasions, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1712, →OCLC, act I, scene i, page 195",
          "text": "She will, and ſhe will not; ſhe grants, denies, / Conſents, retracts, advances, and then flies, / Approving and rejecting in a Breath, / Now proff'ring Mercy, now preſenting Death!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 26, Cade Metz, Adam Satariano, Chang Che, “How Elon Musk Became a Geopolitical Chaos Agent”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "He has also suggested in a newspaper interview that China could be appeased if it were given partial control of Taiwan. An official in Taipei demanded that he retract his suggestion.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate."
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          "said",
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        ],
        [
          "written",
          "write#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "disavow",
          "disavow"
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          "repudiate",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate."
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          "word": "unsay"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "unspeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "walk back"
        },
        {
          "word": "withcall"
        },
        {
          "word": "withdraw"
        },
        {
          "word": "recant"
        }
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vzimam si dumite nazad",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "взимам си думите назад"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "vzít zpět"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "odvolat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "vetää pois"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "rétracter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anakaló",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "ανακαλώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "visszavon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "ritrattare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "kairua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "retrair"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "retirar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "retracta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "dezice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "retractar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 32 20 1 20 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
          "word": "ta tillbaka"
        }
      ]
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Card games",
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            "Human activity",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played)."
      ],
      "id": "en-retract-en-verb-a-xD86J1",
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          "move#Noun"
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        "(transitive)",
        "(games) Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played)."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "glosses": [
        "To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word."
      ],
      "id": "en-retract-en-verb-h~ST66ru",
      "links": [
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          "decline",
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        [
          "do",
          "do#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "promised",
          "promise#Verb"
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        [
          "break one's word",
          "break one's word"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw."
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      "id": "en-retract-en-verb-iBn3di67",
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          "said",
          "say#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "written",
          "write#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "published",
          "published#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "academic",
          "academic#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work#Noun"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Card games",
          "orig": "en:Card games",
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            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move."
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      "id": "en-retract-en-verb-snbVmEmm",
      "links": [
        [
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          "card game"
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          "change one's mind"
        ],
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          "declare"
        ],
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          "intention",
          "intention"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(card games, archaic) To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
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        "games"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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        "General-American"
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        "General-American"
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      "word": "nonretracting"
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      "word": "retractable"
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    {
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      "word": "retracted"
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    {
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    {
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    {
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      "word": "unretractable"
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      "roman": "pribiram",
      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "прибирам"
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      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "vtáhnout"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "zatáhnout"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "vetää sisään"
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      "roman": "symptýsso",
      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "συμπτύσσω"
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      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "behúz"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "whakakopa"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "retrair"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "retracta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "retrage"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vtjagivatʹ",
      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "втягивать"
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      "word": "вбира́ть"
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      "sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
      "word": "retraer"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otdrǎpvam",
      "sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
      "word": "отдръпвам"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "otdrǎpvam se",
      "sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
      "word": "отдръпвам се"
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
      "word": "denagha"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
      "word": "összehúzódik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
      "word": "visszahúzódik"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
      "word": "retrahō"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
      "word": "retrair"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
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      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "retractō",
        "t": "to retract, withdraw; to annul, revoke; to detract from; to undertake again; to reconsider; to remember; to decline, refuse"
      },
      "expansion": "retractō (“to retract, withdraw; to annul, revoke; to detract from; to undertake again; to reconsider; to remember; to decline, refuse”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "prefix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "re-",
        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘again’"
      },
      "expansion": "re- (prefix meaning ‘again’)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tractō",
        "t": "to drag, haul, tug"
      },
      "expansion": "tractō (“to drag, haul, tug”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "trahō",
        "t": "to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw"
      },
      "expansion": "trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frequentative"
      },
      "expansion": "frequentative",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-tō",
        "pos": "frequentative suffix forming verbs"
      },
      "expansion": "-tō (frequentative suffix forming verbs)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "²",
      "name": "sup"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French rétracter (“to annul; to reconsider; to withdraw”) (modern French rétracter (“to retract; to contract”)), and from its etymon Latin retractāre, the present active infinitive of retractō (“to retract, withdraw; to annul, revoke; to detract from; to undertake again; to reconsider; to remember; to decline, refuse”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + tractō (“to drag, haul, tug”) (from trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”) (see further at etymology 1) + -tō (frequentative suffix forming verbs)).",
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    {
      "form": "retracts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retracting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retracted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retracted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en-conj-simple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retract",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "retract (third-person singular simple present retracts, present participle retracting, simple past and past participle retracted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "re‧tract"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "en-conj-simple"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "retractate"
    },
    {
      "word": "retractation"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "retractative"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rhetoric"
      ],
      "word": "epanorthosis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "take back",
          "take back"
        ],
        [
          "edict",
          "edict"
        ],
        [
          "favour",
          "favour#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "grant",
          "grant#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "previously",
          "previously"
        ],
        [
          "bestow",
          "bestow"
        ],
        [
          "rescind",
          "rescind"
        ],
        [
          "revoke",
          "revoke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "promise",
          "promise#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "renege",
          "renege"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "affirm"
        },
        {
          "word": "confirm"
        },
        {
          "word": "maintain"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won’t sue me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1710, [George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne], “The British Enchanters; or, No Magick Like Love. A Dramatick Poem. […]”, in Poems upon Several Occasions, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1712, →OCLC, act I, scene i, page 195",
          "text": "She will, and ſhe will not; ſhe grants, denies, / Conſents, retracts, advances, and then flies, / Approving and rejecting in a Breath, / Now proff'ring Mercy, now preſenting Death!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 26, Cade Metz, Adam Satariano, Chang Che, “How Elon Musk Became a Geopolitical Chaos Agent”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "He has also suggested in a newspaper interview that China could be appeased if it were given partial control of Taiwan. An official in Taipei demanded that he retract his suggestion.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "withdraw",
          "withdraw"
        ],
        [
          "said",
          "say#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "written",
          "write#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "disavow",
          "disavow"
        ],
        [
          "repudiate",
          "repudiate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unsay"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "unspeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "walk back"
        },
        {
          "word": "withcall"
        },
        {
          "word": "withdraw"
        },
        {
          "word": "recant"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Card games",
        "en:Games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "games",
          "game#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "undo",
          "undo#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "card",
          "card#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "played",
          "play#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(games) Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decline",
          "decline#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "promised",
          "promise#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "break one's word",
          "break one's word"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "said",
          "say#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "written",
          "write#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "published",
          "published#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "academic",
          "academic#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "en:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "change one's mind",
          "change one's mind"
        ],
        [
          "declaring",
          "declare"
        ],
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(card games, archaic) To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɹækt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹəˈtɹækt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vzimam si dumite nazad",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "взимам си думите назад"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "vzít zpět"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "odvolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "vetää pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "rétracter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anakaló",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "ανακαλώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "visszavon"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "ritrattare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "kairua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "retrair"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "retirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "retracta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "dezice"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "retractar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
      "word": "ta tillbaka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "retract"
}

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