I would like to retract my previous statement.
Source: tatoeba (1981)
Retract
/ɹɪˈtɹækt/
Synonyms for "retract" (172 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Verb(5 words)
abandonabjureabolishabrogateannulassert the contrarybackback downback outbackwaterbeliecancelcedeclimb downcontestcontradictcontravenecontrovertcountercountermand
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Strong matches (51)
Related words (86)
Verb(22 words)
Noun(13 words)
pullbackrecallsrecantingrecoilrenegingrescindingtelescopeunsayingunsharingunword a claimunword a statementunword the remarkswithdrawing
Adjective(6 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
More specific
4 entriesretractable gearretraction of testimonyretractor musclewithdrawal of claim
Collocations
6 entriesretractable antennaretractable bladeretractable mechanismretracted statementretraction of claimretraction of testimony
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- взимам си думите назад verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- прибирам verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 收回 verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
- 收起 verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
Czech
4 entries- odvolat verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- vtáhnout verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
- vzít zpět verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- zatáhnout verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
Finnish
2 entries- vetää pois verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- vetää sisään verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
French
1 entries- rétracter verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
Greek
2 entries- ανακαλώ verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- συμπτύσσω verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
Hungarian
3 entries- behúz verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
- visszahúz verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
- visszavon verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
Italian
1 entries- ritrattare verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
Māori
2 entries- kairua verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- whakakopa verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
Portuguese
3 entries- retirar verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- retrair verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
- retrair verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
Romanian
4 entries- dezice verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- retracta verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
- retracta verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- retrage verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
Russian
2 entries- вбира́ть verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
- втягивать verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
Spanish
3 entries- desdecirse verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- retractar verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
- retraer verb (to pull (something) back or back inside)
Swedish
1 entries- ta tillbaka verb (to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I won't retract that statement.
Source: tatoeba (4499622)
Tom didn't retract his statement.
Source: tatoeba (5729861)
At each approach to the Sun, the solar arrays retract behind the heat shield’s shadow, leaving only a small segment exposed to the Sun’s intense rays.
Source: tatoeba (7058445)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.