retraction.
An act or instance of retracting.
Meaning & usage
An act or instance of retracting.
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.
A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.
Where this word comes from
From re- + traction or retract + -ion.
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