retraction
pronunciation
How to pronounce retraction in British English:
UK [rɪˈtrækʃn]
How to pronounce retraction in American English:
US [rɪˈtrækʃən]
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- Noun:
- a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
- the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
Word Origin
- retraction (n.)
- late 14c., "withdrawal of an opinion," from Latin retractionem (nominative retractio) "a drawing back, hesitation, refusal," noun of action from past participle stem of retractare "revoke, cancel," from re- "back" (see re-) + tractere "draw violently," frequentative of trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Originally the title of a book by St. Augustine correcting his former writings. Meaning "recantation of opinion with admission of error" is from 1540s.
Example
- 1. The newspaper printed a retraction for their previous error .
- 2. The newspaper published a retraction of the erroneous report .
- 3. " I sincerely apologize for any confusion that its publication may have caused , " dr. buck wrote in the retraction of the science paper .
- 4. This investigation has resulted in the retraction of an oft-cited study published in 2002 in cognition , the publication last month of a correction to a paper from 2007 in the proceedings of the royal society , and doubts about the validity of findings published in science , also in 2007 .
- 5. What do you know about my retraction ?