Synonyms of retracted

retracted 1 of 2

adjective

as in revoked

Related 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

Dissimilar Words

• 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
• repealed
• refuted
• recanted
• abandoned
• relinquished
• repudiated
• reneged
• took back
• abjured
• recalled
• disavowed
• forswore
• abnegated
• disowned
• unsaid
• disclaimed
• revoked
• rebutted
• spurned
• disproved
• negated
• gainsaid
• disputed
• disagreed (with)
• backtracked
• controverted
• surrendered
• 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
• espoused

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of retracted

Adjective

Notably, 90% of 190 sick individuals in the current case reported eating iceberg lettuce, a robust epidemiological link independent of the retracted test. — Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

On April 22, 2026, Springer Nature posted a retracted article notice almost a year after initial publication. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 4 May 2026

The reading assignments prepared for the judges include a Substack post by a notable climate contrarian accusing the authors of the retracted climate chapter in the federal court’s reference manual of including material by Burger and hiding his authorship. — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 2 May 2026

In a demo at CES 2026, Bluetooth SIG marketing VP Dave Hollander set an unlock distance on a phone across the room from a Bauer smart lock—then walked within 2 feet of the lock, leading its deadbolt to whir into the retracted position. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 19 Mar. 2026

The three presenters on the hepatitis B vaccine were not vaccine scientists, and two had authored a retracted paper about autism. — Dr. Debra Houry, Time, 5 Dec. 2025

Here’s how the situation unfolded and why the since-retracted comment was so controversial. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025

Nonetheless, the global ACV market is now valued at more than US$1 billion (2023-2024) and continues to grow – something that one retracted study is unlikely to impact. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025

In 1998, former physician Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues published a since-retracted paper claiming that the MMR vaccine could cause autism in children. — Dominik Stecuła, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2025

Verb

When the refill is retracted, the Telegraph Key can also be pressed repeatedly, turning the mechanism into a satisfying tactile interaction even when the pen is not being used for writing. — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026

But the subtitle’s Hail Mary overtones hit everybody wrong, everywhere, all at once, and the movie quickly retracted it. — Michael Phillips, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

The study was found to be fraudulent; eventually, it was retracted entirely. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

So far, no cinema chains have seemingly gone along with the boycott (NewsCord falsely reported one was going to ban the film, then retracted the claim). — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026

But as post-WWII agriculture shifted toward chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and heavy machinery, the need for kudzu decreased rapidly, and the federal government retracted its support for the crop. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026

Drivers should remain stopped until the arm is retracted and the bus begins moving again. — Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Three others in the group — 14, 15 and 16 at the time — implicated Noling in the slayings of the Hartigs during a burglary but later retracted their statements, saying that police pressured them to name Noling as the shooter. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Only when the United States retracted those measures and agreed to further talks, in June, did China agree to resume exports of rare earths and magnets. — Gloria Xiong, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026