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Retraction

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

Españolrajada
Françaisrétraction
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CEFR level

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