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retractation

noun

Etymology

Compare French rétractation, Latin retractatio (“a revision, reconsideration”).

  1. derived from retractatio — “a revision, reconsideration”
  2. derived from rétractation

Definitions

  1. retraction (of something previously said)

    • When he met Strether's eye on such occasions he looked guilty and furtive, fell the next minute into some attitude of retractation.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for retractation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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