retractarse — meaning in English

English meaning

• backpedal verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
• recant verb To formally take back a statement or belief you previously expressed, especially in public.

Senses

retractarse is used for these senses in English:

• back out (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
• backpedal (intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
• go back on To fail to keep; to renege on.
• recant (ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
• take back (transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).

backpedal — full definition

1. verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
2. verb To step backwards.
3. verb To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.

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