Both Uses of
retract
in
Washington Square
- She had told Morris Townsend that she would not mention him to her father, and she saw no reason to retract this vow of discretion.†
Chpt 8 *
- Was it to startle her suddenly into a retractation—to take an advantage of her by dread?†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(retract) to take back; or to move back or inin various senses, including:
- to take back something previously said -- such as a promise or opinion
- to move back or in -- such as an airplane's landing gear, or pulling your hand back after being burned
- in surgery, the use of a medical instrument to draw skin or an organ back out of the way