(Médecine) Contraction.
ETYM Cf. French rétraction, Latin retractio a drawing back, hesitation.
1. An act of recanting; specifically; a statement made by one retracting.
2. An act of retracting; the state of being retracted.
3. The ability to retract.
4. A disavowal of a previous assertion; SYN. abjuration, recantation.