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retract
verb as in take back; renege on
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Example Sentences
A 2005 screed alleging the link, published jointly by Rolling Stone and Salon.com, was so stuffed with falsehoods that it was retracted by both publications.
Within months of the gala, he retracted his secret plea.
After the attack, Carrillo’s “baton no longer retracted, even after he repeatedly banged the baton into the concrete pavement in an attempt to collapse it,” prosecutors wrote in the memo.
But he was forced to retract the sacking following massive public protests in several cities in Israel - an event that became known as "Gallant Night."
And of course, Brett Baier is a totally partisan Republican who was embarrassed his network did accurate coverage during the last presidential election when they called Arizona, and he wanted them to retract the call.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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