retract

retract is a   Verb

Definition:

[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.

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