Verb:
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
She abjured her beliefs
pull away from a source of disgust or fearuse a surgical instrument to hold open the edges of a wound or an organpull inward or towards a center;The pilot drew in the landing gear
The cat retracted his claws
retract stroke内缩行程retract limit switch收缩极限开关…
近义词 deny否认annul废除repeal废止cancel取消recall回忆resile弹回rescind废除withdraw撤回draw back撒回pull back拉回take back收回apologize道歉recant放弃主张abjure发誓弃绝shrink back退缩invalidate使无效forswear发誓放弃pull in交通工具进站…revoke撤回，取消，废除…draw in火车、汽车进站…
I decided to retract what I had said before.我决定收回前面说过的话。
Sir Alex has added his backing and believes Franco should retract his comments.弗格森爵士支持自己的助理，并且强调里斯本竞技俱乐部主席应该收回自己的控诉。
The accused refused to retract his statement.那被告拒不撤销其供述。