RETRACTION Synonyms

• the state of being cancelled or annulled

• (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

• the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

• the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement

• the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void

• a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement

• the speech act of negating

• (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

• the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

• the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

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

• fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

• the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

• cancel officially

• (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made

• a change from one state to the opposite state

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

• turning in an opposite direction or position

• a decision to reverse an earlier decision

• a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside

• turning in the opposite direction

• the act of reversing the order or place of

• a major change in attitude or principle or point of view

• the state of being cancelled or annulled

• the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done

• a retraction of a previously held position

• the act of taking out money or other capital

• the act of withdrawing

• avoiding emotional involvement

• the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.

• the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

• a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

• formal separation from an alliance or federation

• the termination of drug taking

• a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

• a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion