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Meaning of retract

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  retract
      v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
           under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about
           his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: {abjure},
           {recant}, {forswear}, {retract}, {resile}]
      2: pull away from a source of disgust or fear [syn: {shrink
         back}, {retract}]
      3: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound
         or an organ) [syn: {retract}, {pull back}, {draw back}]
      4: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the
         landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" [syn: {draw in},
         {retract}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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