vverb.communicationformally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressureSynset:abjure forswear recant resile retract
Examples:- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
Derivationally Related Form:forswearingabjurationretractionabjurerrecantation
Hypernyms:disown renounce repudiate
Inherited Hypernyms:abjuredisownrejectevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s
vverb.motionpull away from a source of disgust or fearSynset:retract shrink back
Hypernyms:cringe flinch funk quail recoil shrink squinch wince
Inherited Hypernyms:shrink backflinchmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactuse a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)Synset:draw back pull back retract
Derivationally Related Form:retractor
Hypernyms:pull
Inherited Hypernyms:retractpullforceact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactpull inward or towards a centerSynset:draw in retract
Examples:- The pilot drew in the landing gear
- The cat retracted his claws
Derivationally Related Form:retraction
Hypernyms:attract draw draw in pull pull in
Inherited Hypernyms:draw inattractpullmove
Direct Hyponyms:introvertinvaginate
Full Troponyms:intussusceptinvaginate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.alldrawn back and inExamples:- a cat with retracted claws
Antonyms:forward
Inherited Hypernyms:retracted
Similar to:backward