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Recant :: Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant..

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation..

Palinode :: Palinode (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction..

Saccate :: Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.

Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.

Unpredict :: Unpredict (v. i.) To retract or falsify a previous prediction.

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) One who, or that which, retracts..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..

Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.

Retractable :: Retractable (a.) Capable of being retracted; retractile.

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

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.

Unnotify :: Unnotify (v. t.) To retract or withdraw a notice of.

Linguatulina :: Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida..

Retractate :: Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion..

Pluroderes :: Pluroderes (n. pl.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example..

Palinodial :: Palinodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction..

Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.

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