retract

Etymology 1
From Late, , from , the   of , from  +  (apparently ultimately from , a variant of ). .

Verb

 * 1) To pull (something) back or back inside.
 * 2)  To draw (an extended body part) back into the body.
 * 3)  To avert (one's eyes or a gaze).
 * 4)  To pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract.
 * 5)  To hold back (something); to restrain.
 * 6)  To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.
 * 1)  To avert (one's eyes or a gaze).
 * 2)  To pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract.
 * 3)  To hold back (something); to restrain.
 * 4)  To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.
 * 1)  To hold back (something); to restrain.
 * 2)  To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: vtáhnout, zatáhnout
 * Finnish: vetää sisään
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: whakakopa
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 後移


 * Bulgarian:, отдръпвам се
 * Cornish: denagha
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Latin: retrahō
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Etymology 2
Partly:


 * from (see etymology 1); and
 * from, from , the   of  (see etymology 1) + ..

Noun

 * 1) An act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction.
 * 2) A pulling back, especially  of an army or military troops; a pull-back, a retreat; also, a signal for this to be done.
 * 3)  A subgroup of a given group such that there is a surjective endomorphism from the ambient group to the subgroup which is constant on the subgroup; in this case the subgroup is a retract of the ambient group. In symbols: $$H$$ in $$G$$ is a retract of $$G$$ if there exists a surjective homomorphism $$\sigma$$ from $$G$$ to $$H$$ with $$\sigma|_H = \operatorname{id}$$.
 * 4)  The target of a retraction.
 * 1)  A subgroup of a given group such that there is a surjective endomorphism from the ambient group to the subgroup which is constant on the subgroup; in this case the subgroup is a retract of the ambient group. In symbols: $$H$$ in $$G$$ is a retract of $$G$$ if there exists a surjective homomorphism $$\sigma$$ from $$G$$ to $$H$$ with $$\sigma|_H = \operatorname{id}$$.
 * 2)  The target of a retraction.

Derived terms

 * deformation retract

Etymology 3
From (modern 🇨🇬), and from its , the    of , from  +  (from  (see further at etymology 1) + ).

Verb

 * 1) To cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke.
 * 2) To break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege.
 * 3) To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate.
 * 4)  Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically  to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played).
 * 5) To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word.
 * 6) Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw.
 * 7)  To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move.
 * 1)  Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically  to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played).
 * 2) To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word.
 * 3) Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw.
 * 4)  To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move.
 * 1)  Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically  to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played).
 * 2) To decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word.
 * 3) Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw.
 * 4)  To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move.
 * 1)  To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move.
 * 1)  To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: взимам си думите назад
 * Czech: vzít zpět,
 * Finnish: vetää pois
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: kairua
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ta tillbaka