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- DictionaryRe·trac·tion/rəˈtrakSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action of drawing something back or back in: "prey are grasped between the jaws upon tongue retraction"
- 2. a withdrawal of a statement, accusation, or undertaking: "he issued a retraction of his allegations"
Mar 9, 2015 · 1. : an act of recanting. specifically : a statement made by one retracting. 2. : an act of retracting : the state of being retracted. 3. : the ability to retract. Examples of retraction in a Sentence. His charges were false, and he was forced to make a retraction. the retraction of the plane's landing gear.
the act of taking back an offer or statement, or admitting that a statement was false: The newspaper printed a retraction for their previous error. She angrily demanded a retraction. See. retract. Fewer examples. The minister will be issuing a written retraction. She is seeking a full retraction and apology for the article.
the act of taking back an offer or statement, or admitting that a statement was false: The newspaper printed a retraction for their previous error. She angrily demanded a retraction. See. retract. Fewer examples. The minister will be issuing a written retraction. She is seeking a full retraction and apology for the article.
Retraction is the withdrawal of a statement or promise, such as in a news story. When a news outlet gets facts wrong in a story, they publish a retraction that states what facts were wrong and what the correct facts are. In general, retraction is the act of pulling something back, such as the retraction of a payment (taking the payment back).
When someone needs to withdraw an opinion or backpedal on something they've said (especially publicly), they send out a retraction. A newspaper editor might publish a retraction after a badly reported story is printed, and astronomers who discover a new star might announce a retraction after realizing it was just a smudge on the lens of their ...
4 days ago · 2 meanings: 1. the act of retracting or state of being retracted 2. the withdrawal of a statement, charge, etc.... Click for more definitions.
retraction. [countable] a statement saying that something you previously said or wrote is not true. He demanded a full retraction of the allegations against him. [uncountable] (specialist) the act of pulling something back (= of retracting it) Definition of retraction noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
