Crossword clues for retraction
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Retraction \Re*trac"tion\ (r[-e]*tr[=a]k"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. r['e]traction, L. retractio a drawing back, hesitation.]
The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
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The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.
Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or concessions.
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(Physiol.)
The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.
The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "withdrawal of an opinion," from Latin retractionem (nominative retractio) "a drawing back, hesitation, refusal," noun of action from past participle stem of retractare "revoke, cancel," from re- "back" (see re-) + tractere "draw violently," frequentative of trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Originally the title of a book by St. Augustine correcting his former writings. Meaning "recantation of opinion with admission of error" is from 1540s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An act or instance of retracting. 2 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. 3 (context mathematics English) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.
WordNet
n. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: abjuration, recantation]
the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin"
Wikipedia
A retraction is a public statement made about an earlier statement that withdraws, cancels, refutes, or reverses the original statement or ceases and desists from publishing the original statement. The retraction may be initiated by the editors of a journal, or by the author(s) of the papers (or their institution). Retractions may or may not be accompanied by the author's further explanation as to how the original statement came to be made and/or what subsequent events, discoveries, or experiences led to the subsequent retraction. They are also in some cases accompanied by apologies for previous error and/or expressions of gratitude to persons who disclosed the error to the author.
Retractions always negate the author's previous public support for the original statement. Like original statements, retractions are in some cases incorrect. Retractions share with original statements the attribute that they are in some cases made insincerely, in some cases for personal gain, and in others under duress.
The term retraction carries stronger connotation than the term correction. An alteration that changes the main point of the original statement is generally referred to as a retraction while an alteration that leaves the main point of a statement intact is usually referred to simply as a correction. Depending on the circumstances, either a retraction or correction is the appropriate remedy.
A retraction is a public statement made to correct a previously made statement that was incorrect, invalid, or in error.
Retraction may also refer to
- Deformation retract, in mathematical topology
- Retraction (category theory)
- Retract (group theory)
- Retracted (phonetics), a sound pronounced to the back of the vocal tract, in linguistics
- Retracted tongue root, a position of the tongue during the pronunciation of a vowel, in phonetics
- Sternal retraction, a symptom of respiratory distress in humans
- Retraction (kinesiology) - an anatomical term of motion
Usage examples of "retraction".
Caucasian, young male, severe shortness of breath, supraclavicular retractions, touch cyanotic.
It produces a thickening and hardening of the membrane lining the heart, and generally causes a retraction, adhesion, and degeneration of some of the valves of the heart, thus bringing on valvular disease.
As I naturally speculated on the object of these visits, and as I always associated something ludicrous with the visitor, it fell out that in laughing about Mr. Guppy I told my guardian of his old proposal and his subsequent retraction.
Winters renewed his demands for retraction precisely such as he had before named, except that he would allow me to state who did write the article if I did not myself, and this time shaking his fist in my face with more cursings and epithets.
Final inertial guidance corrections, final target processing, opening of the missile silo's twin steel muzzle shutters, retraction of all service ports, arms, and umbilicals, and preparation of the twin one thousand decaliter chemical reagent vessels for the turbo-powered cold-launch mixing process.
Then Wally took a seat beside a table sporting a Boston fern in a gold pot and explained his retraction.
And when we announced our intention of seeking a retraction of those unjust charges, someone broke in to the restaurant at three o'clock on a Thursday morning and vandalized the place, doing over fifty thousand dollars worth of damage.
Sides, don't want to end up scrapped by the landspouts," observed the pilot as he began the rotor retraction sequence.
In addition, you will send immediately - by registered post - a personally signed copy of that retraction and statement of regret to each of the 650 or so Members of Parliament.
And I happen to know that the secretary general's decision to hold hearings rather than a full war-crimes tribunal—even with all the retractions and reschedulings that entailed—was influenced by a personal call from the office of the PanChinese premier.
Supraclavicular retractions, respiratory rate is almost forty and he's cyanotic.
Curiously, they had been brought to Warren's office by a member of the Bloods gang, who stayed in the room to hear the witnesses' retractions - something Warren neglected to mention on the tape.
When a fourth witness who had refused to retract his statement was murdered, the first three renounced their retractions, saying the Bloods gang member who had escorted them to Warren's office had told them, "Lie or die.
No truth in this allegation… shocking… libellous… retractions and regrets are in the pipeline.
We’ve had to print seven retractions in the last four months—that’s a new record, by the way.