retraction

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Definitions

noun

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.

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Synonyms

recantation abjuration retract retreat withdrawal regress termination backtracking revocation removal downturn re-entry decline fall slump clot

Associated

foreskin tympanic nestorius retracted slats apology eyelid deformation offending clarification penis

Rhymes

satisfaction action interaction dissatisfaction faction abstraction traction attraction extraction exaction

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