retract

Meanings

Verb

• To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.

Noun

• An act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction.
• A pulling back, especially of an army or military troops; a pull-back, a retreat; also, a signal for this to be done.
• Synonym of retreat

Origin

• + trahō (apparently ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ-, a variant of *dʰregʰ-). retreat.
• Partly:
• from retract (see etymology 1); and