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Meaning of Retraction | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɹɪˈtɹækʃən

Definitions

  1. An act or instance of retracting.
  2. 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.
  3. A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

Equivalents

Ελληνικά αναίρεση
Español rajada
Français rétraction
Italiano retratto retrazione
日本語 撤回
한국어 철회
Nederlands herroeping

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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