| VERB | communication | retract, abjure, recant, forswear, resile | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
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| motion | retract, shrink back | pull away from a source of disgust or fear | |
| contact | retract, pull back, draw back | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | |
| contact | retract, draw in | pull inward or towards a center |
| Sounds | riytrae'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abstract ... whacked: 41 rhymes with aekt... | |
| Meaning | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion" | |
| Synonyms | abjure, recant, forswear, resile | |
| Broader | disown, renounce, repudiate | Cast off |
| Spanish | abjurar, renunciar, retractarse, retractar | |
| Catalan | abjurar, retractar-se, retractar | |
| Nouns | retraction | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
| Meaning | pull away from a source of disgust or fear. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | shrink back | |
| Broader | flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail | draw back, as with fear or pain |
| Spanish | replegarse, retractar, retraerse | |
| Meaning | Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | pull back, draw back | |
| Broader | pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion |
| Nouns | retractor | surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision |
| Meaning | Pull inward or towards a center. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The cat retracted his claws" | |
| Synonym | draw in | |
| Narrower | invaginate, introvert | Fold inwards |
| Broader | attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes |
| Similar to | attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes |
| Spanish | retraerse | |
| Nouns | retraction | the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back |
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