History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
recoil

to draw or jump back

shrink away

restrain

to prevent (a person or thing) (from doing something)

keep under control; hold back

retire

to go away; to go (to bed); (to cause a person) to give up work, a position etc

leave a place or responsibility

retract

to take back or withdraw (a statement, offer, opinion etc)

take back; renege on

rusticate

to send (a student) temporarily away from the university as a punishment

leave a place or responsibility

withdraw

to take (something) out or away; to take back (a statement, an offer); (to cause a person, animal, claw etc) to move back or away

remove something or someone from situation

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