Associations to the word «Retraction»

RETRACTION, noun. An act or instance of retracting.

RETRACTION, noun. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.

RETRACTION, noun. (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

RETRACTION, noun. A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.

RETRACTION, noun. The act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin".