retraction

noun

Definition of retractionnext
as in recantation

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Recent Examples of retraction The ad hoc committee was responsible for reviewing and recommending the retraction of more than 1,700 problematic conference articles last year. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026 Hearing that a single lab test did not confirm the presence of the parasite might be confusing—but one data point, like a negative test or a retraction, does not automatically mean public health investigators have it wrong. — Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 The retraction has reportedly left Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, furious as well. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 7 July 2026 Gingras and Khelfaoui suspect the retraction decision was made around this time. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for retraction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retraction
  1. recantation
  2. disavowal
  3. renunciation
  4. denial
  5. repudiation
  6. reconsideration
Noun
  • And Bishop’s formal recantation helped to fast-track the overturning of the convictions.
    — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of recantation
Noun
  • Part of what fascinated me about their presentation was not only their refusal to kowtow to male desire, which for decades had a stranglehold on rock aesthetics, but a concomitant disavowal of commercialism.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Pelicot is troubled by her children’s immediate disavowal of their father, of their entire childhood.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of disavowal
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  • This renunciation has had little impact on their progeny, who already studied them for years and viewed their content as a portrait of a viable future.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Then, over the following years, came sustainability and strict reuse and ascetic renunciation, and today, finally, its photo series and articles advocated for a mild, slightly quirky anticapitalist metaphysics.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Definition of renunciation
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  • The suit maintains that the commission’s denial does not identify any adverse impact to a wetland function or value, nor any feasible and prudent alternatives to address the Commission’s reasons for denial, in violation of state law, Conn.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Sacco is sticking to her guns after Karch’s crashout of a denial.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of denial
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  • If the human vanishes at the moment of execution, then fraud, repudiation, and abuse all become easier to scale.
    — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The results on Amendment 4 and Amendment 5 marked a stunning repudiation of Republican policy in a state that overwhelmingly elects Republican lawmakers.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of repudiation
Noun
  • In a broader sense, though, the end-of-life-doula movement can be seen as the latest chapter in a societal reconsideration of death that has been under way for more than fifty years.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The 2021 legal settlement that locked in test-blind status expired in spring 2025, opening the door to the first reconsideration of the policy since the pandemic.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of reconsideration

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“Retraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retraction. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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