retract
— Verb
– English
～ formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
retract
— Verb
– English
～ pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
retractable
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of being retracted; "retractable landing gear"
retracted
— Adjective
– English
～ drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws"
retractile
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats have retractile claws"
retraction
— Noun
– English
～ the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin"
retraction
— Noun
– English
～ a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
retractor
— Noun
– English
～ surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
retrain
— Verb
– English
～ teach new skills; "We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment"
retrain
— Verb
– English
～ train again; "He is retraining to become an IT worker"
retraining
— Noun
– English
～ training for a new occupation
retral
— Adjective
– English
～ moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
retral
— Adjective
– English
～ at or near or toward the posterior