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Retraction

//ɹɪˈtɹækʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act or instance of retracting. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back wordnet
  3. 3
    A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion wordnet
  5. 5
    A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From re- + traction or retract + -ion.

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