Synonyms of retracted

retracted 1 of 2

adjective

as in revoked

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revoked
• withheld
• suppressed
• recanted
• concealed
• stifled
• reserved
• repressed
• personal
• silenced
• surreptitious
• intimate
• clandestine
• undercover
• conspiratorial
• undisclosed
• underhanded
• covert
• classified
• collusive
• underhand
• unannounced
• unadvertised
• confidential
• private
• privy
• secret

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• open
• public
• general
• popular
• unclassified
• nonclassified
• well-known

retracted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of retract

as in withdrew

to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)

the newspaper was forced to retract the story, which turned out to be based on fabricated reporting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• withdrew
• renounced
• denied
• contradicted
• refuted
• recanted
• abandoned
• relinquished
• repealed
• repudiated
• reneged
• took back
• abjured
• foreswore
• recalled
• disavowed
• forswore
• abnegated
• disowned
• unsaid
• disclaimed
• revoked
• rebutted
• spurned
• disproved
• negated
• gainsaid
• disputed
• surrendered
• disagreed (with)
• backtracked
• controverted
• forsook
• bolted
• disallowed
• gave up
• backed off
• negatived
• backed down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stated
• admitted
• maintained
• claimed
• acknowledged
• declared
• asserted
• affirmed
• contended
• adhered (to)
• proclaimed
• confirmed
• supported
• defended
• accepted
• backed
• adopted
• professed
• upheld
• endorsed
• vouched
• vowed
• embraced
• avowed
• indorsed
• espoused