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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
Retraining
- verb - teach new skills; "We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment"
- train again; "He is retraining to become an IT worker"
- training for a new occupation
Retreading
- verb - give new treads to (a tire)
- use again in altered form; "retread an old plot"
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;