retraction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
Types & categories
- disavowal hypernym
- withdrawal hyponym
Related & opposite
- abjure derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
the retraction of the landing gear
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
- draw in derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abjure |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disavowal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | withdrawal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | draw in |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |