simple past tense and past participle of retract

Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat. / (phonetics, of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal tract. / (heraldry) Couped by a line diagonal to the main direction.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retract

present participle of retract

plural of retraction

An act or instance of retracting. / A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.

In a retractable way.

(obsolete) To retract; to recant.

Alternative form of retractable

plural of retractable