To retract is to withdraw something you said or did.
(verb)See retract in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb
Origin: ME retracten: in retractsense < L retractus, pp. of retrahere, to draw back < re-, back + trahere, to draw; in retractsense < MFr retracter < L retractare, to draw back, withdraw < re-, back + tractare, to pull, draw, freq. of trahere
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verb re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Latin retractāre, to revoke
Origin: , frequentative of retrahere, to draw back
Origin: : re-, re-
Origin: + trahere, to draw
Origin: . V., tr., senses 2 and 3, and v., intr., sense 2, Middle English retracten
Origin: , from Old French retracter
Origin: , from Latin retractus
Origin: , past participle of retrahere
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