2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Retract  \Re*tract"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Retracted};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Retracting}.]  [F.  r['e]tracter,  L.  retractare, 
  retractatum  to  handle  again  reconsider,  retract,  fr 
  retrahere  retractum  to  draw  back  See  {Retreat}.] 
  1.  To  draw  back  to  draw  up  or  shorten;  as  the  cat  can 
  retract  its  claws;  to  retract  a  muscle. 
 
  2.  Ti  withdraw;  to  recall;  to  disavow;  to  recant;  to  take 
  back  as  to  retract  an  accusation  or  an  assertion. 
 
  I  would  as  freely  have  retracted  this  charge  of 
  idolatry  as  I  ever  made  it  --Bp. 
  Stillingfleet 
 
  3.  To  take  back,,  as  a  grant  or  favor  previously  bestowed;  to 
  revoke.  [Obs.]  --Woodward. 
 
  Syn:  To  recal;  withdraw;  rescind;  revoke;  unsay;  disavow; 
  recant;  abjure;  disown. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  retracted 
  adj  :  drawn  back  and  in  "a  cat  with  retracted  claws" 

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