- abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
--1 is one way to renounce, repudiate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun retraction1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- shrink back, retract - pull away from a source of disgust or fear
--2 is one way to flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- retract, pull back, draw back - use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
--3 is one way to pull
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun retractor1
Somebody ----s something
- draw in, retract - pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
--4 is one way to attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun retraction2
Somebody ----s something