English-Swedish translations for retract

• ta tillbaka
  Barón Crespo har framfört en grundlös anklagelse och jag ber att ni fru talman uppmanar Barón Crespo att ta tillbaka den.Mr Barón Crespo has made a completely unfounded accusation here, and I ask you, Madam President, to ask Mr Barón Crespo to retract it.
  Detta är allvarligt, och jag skulle vilja be Helmer, genom er, herr talman, att antingen be om ursäkt och ta tillbaka dessa ord eller, alternativt, att förklara dem.That is a serious matter and I would like to invite Mr Helmer, through you, Mr President, either to apologise and retract these remarks, or alternatively to explain them.
  Herr talman! Jag skulle vilja be Posselt att ta tillbaka sin karakteristik, för annars kommer jag att tro att han hatar ett folk för att det inte accepterar hans uppfattning om demokrati.Mr President, I would like to invite Mr Posselt to retract his congratulations, otherwise I shall be forced into thinking that he despises an entire people for not accepting his views on democracy.

Definition of retract

• To pull back inside
• To draw back; to draw up
• To take back or withdraw something one has said
• To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke

Examples

• An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.
• The wheelchair ramp on the bus wouldnt retract after use, it required persuasion by hand before the bus could move
• Muscles retract after amputation.
• A cat can retract its claws.
• I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he wont sue me.

Related words

• retractable
• retraction
• retractile
• retractor
• retractive
• retractation
• retractability
• irretractable
• retractometer