retract
verb (used with object)
to draw back or in.
retractation
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a word derived from
retract.
Example Sentences
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Cecil imagined that Ralegh had solicited from Cobham the original retractation.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
There may have been a few, whose strong confidence, in the bloodguiltiness of Stephen Boorn, had become slightly paralyzed, by his entire and absolute retractation of all his confessions, made before trial.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
John's voice held a certain regret, but no retractation.
From The War-Workers by E.M. Delafield
The patriarch Paul died, and Pyrrhus who had been patriarch before him was trying to recover his seat, but the retractation which he had offered to the Pope Theodorus was brought up against him.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
Prepared as he was for his companion's 'fashion of uttering things easily,' he could scarcely have anticipated the layers of retractation still latent in that voluminous repository.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
