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retracts
We have found lemma(root) word of retracts : retract.
Definitions
[rɪˈtrakt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- draw back
(e.g: she retracted her hand as if she'd been burnt)
- withdraw (a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified
(e.g: he retracted his allegations)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin retract- ‘drawn back’, from the verb retrahere (from re- ‘back’ + trahere ‘drag’); the senses ‘withdraw (a statement’) and ‘go back on’ via Old French from retractare ‘reconsider’ (based on trahere ‘drag’)
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