RETRACT Synonyms

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from active participation

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• cause to be returned

• take back what one has said

• keep away from others

• break from a meeting or gathering

• retire gracefully

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• lose interest

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

• bring back to the point of departure

• regain possession of something

• resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

• move text to the previous line; in printing

• take back what one has said

• cause someone to remember the past

• revoke formally

• give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• turn away from; give up

• cast off

• the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

• cancel officially

• cancel officially

• of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle

• a relation of direct opposition

• the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

• the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

• (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

• turning in the opposite direction

• directed or moving toward the rear

• reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

• change to the contrary

• turn inside out or upside down

• rule against

• cancel officially

• reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of

• the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

• fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

• cancel officially

• take back what one has said

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.

• spring back; spring away from an impact

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

• pull back or move away or backward

• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• pull inward or towards a center

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• shape one's body into a curl

• advance or converge on

• of trains; move into (a station)

• draw in as if by suction

• pull back or move away or backward

• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• move to a rearward position; pull towards the back

• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• pull away from a source of disgust or fear