1. (v.t.)retract to draw back or in: to retract fangs.
2. (v.i.)retract to be capable of being drawn back or in.
3. (v.t.)retract to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, esp. formally.
4. retract to withdraw or revoke (a decree, promise, etc.).
5. (v.i.)retract to withdraw a promise, vow, etc.
6. retract to make a disavowal of a statement, opinion, etc.; recant.
Etymology: (1535–45; < L retractāre to reconsider, withdraw)
Definition of 'retract'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)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"
2. (verb)shrink back, retract pull away from a source of disgust or fear
3. (verb)retract, pull back, draw back use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
4. (verb)draw in, retract pull inward or towards a center "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
Definition of 'retract'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)retract the pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe
2. (verb)retract to draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle
3. (verb)retract to withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion
4. (verb)retract to take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke
5. (verb)retract to draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation
6. (verb)retract to take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration
Definitions of retract 
Afrikaans: intrek
Arabic: يَنْقَبِض، يَنْكَمِش
Bulgarian: прибирам
Brazilian: encolher(-se) / retrair(-
Czech: vtáhnout, zatáhnout (se)
German: einziehen
Danish: trække ind
Greek: ανασύρω, ανασύρομαι, μαζε
Spanish: retraer, encoger
Estonian: sisse tõmbama
Farsi: منقبض کردن؛ جمع کردن
Finnish: vetää sisään
French: rétracter
Hebrew: לְהַחֲזִיר פְּנִימָה
Hindi: वापस लेना, वापस लौटना
Croatian: uvući
Hungarian: behúz (karmot, futószerke
Indonesian: menarik masuk
Icelandic: draga inn
Italian: ritrarre, ritirare
Japanese: 引っ込める
Korean: 오므라들다
Lithuanian: į(si)traukti
Latvian: ievilkt; ievilkties
Malay: masuk ke dalam
Dutch: (zich) intrekken
Norwegian: trekke(s) inn/tilbake
Polish: wciągnąć (się)
Persian: منقبض کردن؛ جمع کردن
Pashto: بيرته ننوتل: لاس اخيستل، 
Portuguese: encolher(-se)
Romanian: a retracta
Russian: втягивать(ся)
Slovak: vtiahnuť (sa)
Slovenian: potegniti (nazaj)
Serbian: uvući
Swedish: dra[s] in
Thai: หดกลับ
Turkish: geriçekmek
Taiwanese: 收回，縮回
Ukrainian: втягувати
Urdu: سمیٹنا
Vietnamese: thụt vào
Chinese: 缩进，缩回
