retract

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Verb

1. (transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside.
2. (specifically, transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside.
3. (rare, transitive) To avert (one's eyes or a gaze).
4. (transitive) To pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To hold back (something); to restrain.
6. (intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.

Noun

1. (obsolete) An act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction.
2. (obsolete) A pulling back, especially (military) of an army or military troops; a pull-back, a retreat; also, a signal for this to be done.
3. (obsolete) 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.
4. (obsolete) The target of a retraction.
5. (obsolete) Synonym of retreat (“an act of accidentally injuring a horse's foot by incorrectly nailing it during shoeing”).

Hevwate

withdraw

pull back

recant

draw in

abjure

draw back

recall

revoke

retreat

deny

take back

forswear

cancel

retire

repeal

countermand

rescind

shorten

pull out

pull in

resile

go back on

annul

belie

disaffirm

draw

draw out

pull

recede

renege

shrink

backpedal

move back

shrink back

get out

drop

haul

huddle

invalidate

lead

nullify

overrule

overturn

schismatize

pull away

draw off

drag

disown

pull up

quash

disclaim

cringe

abrogate

reduce

unsanctify

renege on

contract

repudiate

collect

carry

call off

retrograde

reverse

call back

secede

sheathe

shoot

break away

shrink from

spend

swallow

take

take away

back out

take in

throw

place back

tow

tug

turn back

wind

wind up

back down

withdrawn

stand down

fold back

ebb away

excuse

extract

fiddle

fire

🔥

forbid

eat one’s words

Werger

rétracter

zurückziehen

retractar

retirer

retractarse

escamoter

einziehen

🧵

zurückholen

abjurer

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ɹɪˈtɹækt/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: retracten

Hevwate bi fransî: rétracter

In summary

From Late Middle English retracten, retract (“to absorb, draw in”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), the perfect passive participle of Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to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”). Doublet of retreat.