retract

retract from an engagement

to retract an accusation

You may retract that statement.

the tentacle retracted quickly.

A cat retracts its claws.

refused to retract the statement.

A cat can retract its claws.

he retracted his allegations.

the parish council was forced to retract a previous resolution.

the cat retracted her claws.

A cat can retract its claws, but a dog can’t.

realizing the oddity of the remark, he retracted it.

she retracted her hand as if she'd been burnt.

a turtle retracting its head into its shell;

a plane retracting its landing gear.See Synonyms at recede

In hemicephalous larvae, the head and its appendages are reduced and partially retracted into the thorax.

The main reason the Tsarist government retracted their ban was out of fear that receiving a Western European education would further radicalize women if they could not receive the education at home.

Right after the dental extraction,the interseptal bone distal to the canine was undermined to weaken its resistance and a tooth-borne appliance was used to retract the tooth rapidly.