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retraction.

An act or instance of retracting.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɪˈtɹækʃən/
  1. An act or instance of retracting.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From re- + traction or retract + -ion.

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