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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   That which retracts or withdraws.
2. 2
   A verb that serves to cancel or retract a previously established obligation.

Adjective

1. 1
   Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
2. 2
   Mapping from a space onto a subset of that space.
3. 3
   Serving to distance or alienate.

Antonyms

All antonyms

persuasive

Etymology

From retract + -ive.

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