Usually means: Withdrawal of a statement, claim.
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  1. retractation: Merriam-Webster
  2. retractation: Collins English Dictionary
  3. retractation: Wordnik
  4. retractation: Wiktionary
  5. Retractation, retractation: Dictionary.com
  6. Retractation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. retractation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Retractation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. retractation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. retractation: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Retractation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. retractation: Legal dictionary

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  1. retractation: Encyclopedia

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  2. retractation: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (archaic) retraction (of something previously said)

Similar:
retractive, retract, retrenchment, backdown, retrate, detrectation, retreating, pullback, withdraw, retraict, more...

Opposite:
assertion, affirmation, confirmation, declaration, avowal

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Similar:
retractive, retract, retrenchment, backdown, retrate, detrectation, retreating, pullback, withdraw, retraict, more...

Opposite:
assertion, affirmation, confirmation, declaration, avowal



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