retract

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
• To withdraw
• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
• pull inward or towards a center
• To draw back
• pull away from a source of disgust or fear
• To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed
• To take back what has been said
• The pricking of a horse´s foot in nailing on a shoe

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