Antonyms for retract
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-trakt |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtrækt |
Definition of retract
Origin :- early 15c., "to draw (something) back," from Old French retracter (14c.) and directly from Latin retractus, past participle of retrahere "to draw back" (see retraction). Sense of "to revoke, recant, take back" is attested from 1540s, probably a back-formation from retraction. Related: Retracted; retracting.
- verb take back; renege on
- He knew she was too much like himself ever to retract her words.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- I do own myself beaten,' says she, 'and I retract my words.'
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- I repeat my words: I will not "retract," I cannot "repent of them."
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Some of them were sent to the Tower, but they would not retract.
- Extract from : « History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. » by James Anthony Froude
- No, I'll retract that, and on second thought reverse that judgment.
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- Well, sir, let us away; for I have now gone too far to retract.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
- But of which I absolved him, sister Dinah; or rather, which I made him retract.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- Her fear was very natural, but out of shamefacedness I did not like to retract.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Yet he also knew that it was too late to retract his statement.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- "I trust you will not stoop to retract your meaning," rejoined Bertrand.
- Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
Synonyms for retract
- abjure
- back
- back down
- back off
- back out of
- call off
- cancel
- change one's mind
- countermand
- deny
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- draw in
- eat one's words
- eliminate
- exclude
- fall back
- forget it
- forswear
- go back on
- have change of heart
- nig
- pull back
- pull in
- recall
- recant
- recede
- reel in
- renege
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- revoke
- rule out
- sheathe
- suspend
- take back
- take in
- unsay
- welsh
- withdraw
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