The word is in the Wiktionary

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— English words —

• retraction n. An act or instance of retracting.
• retraction n. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion…
• retraction n. (Mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

— English words, defined in French —

• retraction n. Désaveu.
• retraction n. (Médecine) Rétraction.
• retraction n. Escamotage.

— In French —

• rétraction n.f. (Didactique) Action de se rétracter, en parlant d’une chose.
• rétraction n.f. (Médecine) Raccourcissement, contraction d’une partie du corps.
• rétraction n.f. (Sens figuré) Retrait, repli sur soi-même.

27 English words from 3 English definitions

act assertion broadcast continuous continuous␣function earlier effects forum from function identity instance Mathematics of␣an onto printed public retracting space statement subspace that the topological topological␣space which withdrawal

7 English words from 6 foreign definitions

Action chose contraction corps Retrait Sens soi

17 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

Désaveu Didactique Escamotage figuré Médecine même parlant partie Raccourcissement repli rétracter Rétraction Sens␣figuré se␣rétracter soi-même sur une

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

retractions re-tractioning

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

nonretraction preretraction postretraction

29 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

act Act ACT act. Act. A.C.T. A.␣C.␣T. acti action CTI ETR ion Ion -ion RAC rac- RACT ret Ret. retract tio Tio tion -tion tra TRA tract tracti traction

30 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

art Art ART 'art art. arte- arter Arter car Car CAR cart Cart CART carte Carte carter Carter ITC NOI noit OIt OIT RTÉ Rte. TCA T-cart ter TER ter-

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

interactor triaconter

13 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

anticreator centuriator contrariety interactors interfactor nearthrotic nitrobacter retractions retroacting retroaction tractioneer triaconters tricornuate

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

carnotite Carterton certation cinerator contraire tetrairon

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

detraction refraction

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

retroaction

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