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• repealed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On April 22, 2026, Springer Nature posted a retracted article notice almost a year after initial publication.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

Experiments that initially corroborated the results were retracted, in one case amid indications of deliberate spiking with fake fusion products. — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

State law says that drivers have to stop and wait for a school bus with the stop arm extended until the stop arm is retracted. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Now, both reptiles are going head-to-head, though each is retracted into the protection of its shell. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 1 Nov. 2026

Numerous polls show, for example, that Americans’ belief that vaccines cause autism has only increased in recent years, despite the fact that the major research making this claim was retracted back in 2010. — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026

The analysis shows how severely the department’s Office for Civil Rights has retracted from its mission, launching an average of about 100 new investigations a month — 1,839 total from Inauguration Day in 2025 through July 2026. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026

And not all of the proofs were certified as correct by the automatic logic verification platform Lean—in fact, some have already been retracted after outside scientists found mistakes. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

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