RETRACTING Synonyms

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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