English-Thai Dictionary
retraction
N ภาวะ การ หดตัว การเพิกถอน การ ร่น
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RETRACTION
n.[from retract. ] 1. The act of withdrawing something advanced, or changing something done.
2. Recantation; disavowal of the truth of what has been said; declaration of change of opinion.
3. Act of withdrawing a claim.
Other men's insatiable desire of revenge, hath beguiled church and state of the benefit of my retractions or concessions.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RETRACTION
Re *trac "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétraction, L. retractio a drawing back, hesitation. ]
1. The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
2. 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 Eikon Basilike.
3. (Physiol.) (a ) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew. (b ) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
retraction
re tr á c tion 名詞 U C 1 (つめなどを )引っ込めること ; 収縮 .2 (前言などの )取り消し, 撤回 .
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