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RETRACTED Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the word retracted. (exact relations)
There are 15 hypernyms of the word retracted. (close relations)
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invalidated
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• deprived of legal force

withdrawn
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

• tending to reserve or introspection

abrogated
verbv
verb

• revoke formally

annulled
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• declare invalid

• cancel officially

canceled
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• To cross out something with lines etc.

• To invalidate or annul something.

• To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.

• To offset or equalize something.

• To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.

• To stop production of a programme.

• To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.

• To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.

• To kill.

• To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.

adjective

• No longer planned or scheduled.

• (of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.

negated
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• be in contradiction with

• deny the truth of

• prove negative; show to be false

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

recalled
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

• a call to return

• a bugle call that signals troops to return

• the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

• the act of removing an official by petition

verb

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

• go back to something earlier

• bring to mind

• summon to return

• cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

• make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

• cause to be returned

rescinded
verbv
verb

• cancel officially

revoked
verbv
noun

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

verb

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

• cancel officially

backed
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• having a back or backing, usually of a specified type

adjective satellite

• used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light

abjure
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

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

forswear
verbv
verb

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

recant
verbv
verb

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

resile
verbv
verb

• 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

withdraw
verbv
verb

• 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

draw back
verbv
verb

• pull back or move away or backward

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

draw in
verbv
verb

• 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
verbv
verb

• 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

shrink back
verbv
verb

• pull away from a source of disgust or fear

take back
verbv
verb

• 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

Best Hypernyms For RETRACTED

Here is a list of related hypernyms for retracted, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (14)
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Phrases (1)
draw in

Alternatives for INVALIDATED

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