rétracter

Meaning

to retract, contract

Concepts

retract

recant

withdraw

revoke

contract

countermand

crawfish

pull back

recall

repeal

repudiate

retreat

unsay

crawfish out

abjure

pull in one’s horns

back away

back out

cancel

Synonyms

retirer

annuler

contracter

désavouer

renier

renoncer

reprendre

révoquer

se rétracter

crisper

dédire

abjurer

recroqueviller

Translations

ritrattare

rattrappire

widerrufen

retractarse

revocare

revocar

abjurar

اِنْسحب

abschwören

anuŀ lar

entsagen

kontrahieren

verleugnen

verschwören

retirar-se

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁe.tʁak.te/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin retractāre (“to undertake again; to withdraw, refuse, decline; to retract”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), perfect passive participle of retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to call back, remove”).