retractio

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) a drawing back, retreating
 * 2) * c. 80 — c. 70 BC, Vitruvius, De Architectura, 3.4.4
 * 3) a diminishing
 * 4) * c. 370 — c. 430, Macrobius, Saturnalia, 1.12.5
 * 5) hesitation, refusal
 * 6) * c. 225 — c. 330, Arnobius, Adversus Nationes, 5.162.3