Retractation vs. Retraction — What's the Difference?

To take back; disavow

The act of retracting or the state of being retracted.

To draw back or in

The act of recanting or disavowing a previously held statement or belief.

To utter (a sound) with the tongue drawn back.

A formal statement of disavowal.

To draw back (the tongue).

The power of drawing back or of being drawn back.

To take something back or disavow it.

An act or instance of retracting.

To draw back

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.

Retraction (of something previously said)

(mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.

The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.

The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.

A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

The act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back;