retraction
🇺🇸
/rɪˈtrækʃn/
🇬🇧
/rɪˈtrækʃn/
noun
R
A retraction is when someone takes back or corrects something they said or wrote before, because it was not true or accurate.
The newspaper issued a retraction after publishing false information about the celebrity.
R
Retraction is also the action of pulling something back or away from its original position.
The doctor advised against the retraction of the patient's dislocated shoulder without proper medical equipment.
translation
A retraction is when someone takes back or corrects something they said or wrote before, because it was not true or accurate.; Retraction is also the action of pulling something back or away from its original position.
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Plural
retractions