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Retracting
- verb - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
- pull away from a source of disgust or fear
- pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
- use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
Retraction
- noun - a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
- the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin"
- withdrawal of statement
Retractive
- - Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Retractors
- noun - description of a muscle that retracts an organ or other body part
- surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
Retreatant
- noun - a participant in a religious retreat
Retreateds
- noun - people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated"
Retreatful
- - Furnishing or serving as a retreat.
Retreating
- verb - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
- move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
- move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
- pull back or move away or backward;
Revelation
- noun - an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
- communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
- the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle
- the speech act of making something evident