retraction (noun)

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• retraction — retract re‧tract [rɪˈtrækt] verb [transitive] 1. FINANCE if a company retracts bonds, shares etc, it takes them off the market by buying them back from investors; = RETIRE: • It will use its credit line to retract C$53.3 million in preferred… …   Financial and business terms

• retraction — retract ► VERB 1) draw or be drawn back. 2) withdraw (a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified. 3) withdraw or go back on (an undertaking or promise). DERIVATIVES retractable adjective retraction noun retractive adjective …   English terms dictionary

• retraction — re·trac·tion /ri trak shən/ n: an act of taking back or withdrawing retraction of a confession her retraction of the defamatory statement Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• retraction — noun 1. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion • Syn: ↑abjuration, ↑recantation • Derivationally related forms: ↑recant (for: ↑recantation), ↑abjure (for …   Useful english dictionary

• retraction — noun 1 (C) an official statement saying that something which you said previously is not true: The newspaper was forced to publish a retraction of all its allegations. 2 (U) the act of retracting something …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• retraction — noun Date: 14th century 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• retraction — noun a) An act or instance of retracting. b) A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error …   Wiktionary

• retraction — UK [rɪˈtrækʃ(ə)n] / US [rɪˈtrækʃən] noun Word forms retraction : singular retraction plural retractions a) [countable] a statement in which you say that something that you previously said or wrote is not true Did you demand a full retraction? b)… …   English dictionary

• retraction — re|trac|tion [ rı trækʃən ] noun count a statement in which you say that something that you previously said or wrote is not true: Did you demand a full retraction? a. uncount the act of saying that something you previously said or wrote is not… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• retraction — /rəˈtrækʃən/ (say ruh trakshuhn) noun 1. the act of retracting. 2. the state of being retracted. 3. withdrawal of a promise, statement, opinion, etc.: his retraction of the libel came too late. 4. retractile power. {Middle English retraccioun,… …  

• retraction — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. recantation, disowning, disavowal, abjuration, denial, revocation, recall, withdrawal, annulment, forswearing, unsaying, repudiation, nullification, quashing, abrogation, reversal, rescindment, renouncing, disclaimer,… …   English dictionary for students