- retraction
- Synonyms and related words:abandonment, abjuration, abjurement, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, absolute contradiction, annulment, attrition, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cassation, cession, contradiction, contrary assertion, contravention, controversion, countering, countermand, counterorder, crossing, curtailment, cut, cutting, decrease, decrement, defeasance, denial, depletion, depreciation, derogation, detraction, diminution, dip, disaffirmation, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, disowning, disownment, disparagement, dispensation, disposal, disposition, disproof, dumping, expatriation, extraction, forgoing, forswearing, gainsaying, getting rid of, giving up, impairment, impugnment, invalidation, lessening, letting go, nullification, palinode, palinody, recall, recantation, recedence, receding, recession, reduction, refutation, release, relinquishment, remission, renege, reneging, renouncement, renunciation, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, resignation, retirement, retractation, retractility, retreat, retrenchment, retrocedence, reversal, revocation, revoke, revokement, riddance, sacrifice, setting aside, shortening, shrinkage, surrender, suspension, swearing off, truncation, unsaying, vacation, vacatur, voidance, voiding, waiver, waiving, withdrawal, write-off, yielding
Moby Thesaurus. Grady Ward. 1996.