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Retract

/riˈtrækt/
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(verb) To pull (something) back or back inside.

I would like to retract my previous statement.
I won't retract that statement.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The newspaper was forced to ____ the story after it emerged that the key source had fabricated the claims.

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