ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Retractive

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Retractive is a noun meaning That which retracts or withdraws.

Meaning

That which retracts or withdraws.

More Meanings

  1. (grammar) A verb that serves to cancel or retract a previously established obligation.
  2. Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
  3. (mathematics) Mapping from a space onto a subset of that space.
  4. (psychology) Serving to distance or alienate.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include retrate, retractation, retraict, retreat, withdraw, retrait.

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