retractation

See also: rétractation

English

Etymology

Compare French rétractation, Latin retractatio (“a revision, reconsideration”).

Noun

retractation (countable and uncountable, plural retractations)

retraction (of something previously said)
- 1903, Henry James, The Ambassadors‎:
  When he met Strether's eye on such occasions he looked guilty and furtive, fell the next minute into some attitude of retractation.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for retractation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

reattraction

单词	retractation
释义	retractation See also: rétractation English Etymology Compare French rétractation, Latin retractatio (“a revision, reconsideration”). Noun retractation (countable and uncountable, plural retractations) retraction (of something previously said) 1903, Henry James, The Ambassadors‎: When he met Strether's eye on such occasions he looked guilty and furtive, fell the next minute into some attitude of retractation. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for retractation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913) Anagrams reattraction
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