retract

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

re·tract [retract retracts retracted retracting] BrE [rɪˈtrækt] NAmE [rɪˈtrækt] verb
1. transitive ~ sth (formal)to say that sth you have said earlier is not true or correct or that you did not mean it
•He made a false confession which he later retracted.
•They tried to persuade me to retract my words.
2. transitive ~ sth (formal)to refuse to keep an agreement, a promise, etc
•to retract an offer
3. intransitive, transitive (technical)to move back into the main part of sth; to pull sth back into the main part of sth
•The animal retracted into its shell.
•The undercarriage failed to retract.
•~ sth The undercarriage was fully retracted.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
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’).

Example Bank:
•to withdraw/retract a claim/an allegation/a confession

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  draw in, pull back, draw back, shrink back, abjure, recant, forswear, resile