retract

To take back; disavow.

To draw back or in.

To utter (a sound) with the tongue drawn back.

To draw back (the tongue).

To take something back or disavow it.

To draw back: synonym: recede.

A falling back; a retreat.

A retractation; recantation.

In farriery, the prick of a horse’s foot in nailing a shoe, requiring the nail to be withdrawn.