retraction

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/ɹɪˈtɹækʃən/

Definition of retraction

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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noun

(countable, uncountable)An act or instance of retracting.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

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From re- + traction or retract + -ion.

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