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Definition of retracted : of Retract

Synonyms:

backward

backslid, abdicated, disavowed, crossed, deserted, defected, abnegated, denied, betrayed, abandoned, renounced

divorced, refuted, invalidated, abolished, dismissed, neutralized, destroyed, eradicated, dissolved, negated, repudiated, eliminated, undid, rejected, canceled, nullified, effaced, obliterated, annulled, withdrawn, vetoed, revoked, withdrew, extinguished, disaffirmed, deleted, disclaimed, undone

retained, recanted, suppressed, withheld, recalled, reserved, kept, held

Usage examples:

• By this act Ferdinand was King, but Charles declared it was done against his will, and he retracted. - "Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, v10", Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne.
• The words had passed his lips; he could not retract, though conviction immediately followed that he had not the means; and he would not have retracted, even should he be necessitated to part with everything he most valued. - "Thaddeus of Warsaw", Jane Porter.
• An offer retracted before acceptance. - "Studies in Civics", James T. McCleary.