retraction

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Synonyms: detraction, refraction, retroaction, restriction, traction, attraction, extraction, retection, protraction, reaction, refaction

Antonyms: detraction, refraction, retroaction, restriction, traction, attraction, extraction, retection, protraction, reaction, refaction

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Noun

1. An act or instance of [[retract]]ing.
2. A statement [[print]]ed or [[broadcast]] in a [[public]] [[forum]] which effects the [[withdrawal]] of an earlier [[assertion]], and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
3. {{lb|en|mathematics}} A [[continuous]] [[function]] from a [[topological space]] [[onto]] a [[subspace]] which is the [[identity]] on that subspace.

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