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rétracter verbe | retract [retracted, retracting, retracts]◼◼◼(to draw back; to draw up, see also: withdraw) retract [retracted, retracting, retracts]◼◼◼(to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written), see also: disavow; repudiate) recant [recanted, recanting, recants]◼◼◼(to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly) |
se rétracter verbe | contract [contracted, contracting, contracts]◼◼◼(intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen) recant [recanted, recanting, recants]◼◼◼(to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly) eat one's words(regret something said) |