retraction

Other forms of retraction

plural

retractions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retraction

What does retraction mean?

retraction means "a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retraction?

retraction has 3 syllables: re-trac-tion. The stress falls on "trac". In IPA it is /ɹiˈtɹækʃən/.

What is another word for retraction?

Close synonyms include abjuration, recantation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is retraction a common word?

retraction is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with retraction?

4 words rhyme with retraction. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.