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retraction
retraction is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
- 2noun
The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.
- 3noun
The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.
- 4noun
The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
- 5noun
the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
"the retraction of the landing gear"
"retraction of the foreskin"
- 6noun
a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
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