Definition of Retraction
the taking back of a previous statement that was not true or accurate
Examples of Retraction in a sentence
After I gave my students the incorrect due date for the project, I needed to make a retraction.
The sellers upset us with their retraction of our offer.
After he gave a false statistic, the politician needed to make a retraction.
The news anchor was giving a retraction on a story they aired previously.
The newspaper posted a retraction to an error in a major news story.
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