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

That which retracts or withdraws.

Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.

plural of retractive

plural of retractation

retraction (of something previously said)