English Explanatory Dictionary

retractive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which retracts or withdraws.
  2. A verb that serves to cancel or retract a previously established obligation.
adj
  1. Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
  2. Mapping from a space onto a subset of that space.
  3. Serving to distance or alienate.

Word forms

retractive retractives more retractive most retractive

Etymology

From retract + -ive.

Related words

retractibility retractible

Derived words

retractively retractiveness
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