retract Copy link Outline 1. rĕnuntio, 12. retracto, 1 (rare) to r. one's words, dicta r., Virg. Aen. 12, 113. rĕvŏco, 1 (to recall)4. rĕcanto, 1 • retract: 1. rĕnuntio, 1: to r. one's decision, r. decisionem, Cic. Verr. 1, 54, 141: used absol. id. Att. 2, 1. 2. retracto, 1 (rare) to r. one's words, dicta r., Virg. Aen. 12, 11: to r. and abolish largesses, largitiones r. et in irritum vindicare, Traj. in Plin. Ep. 10, 112. 3. rĕvŏco, 1 (to recall): to r. a promise, r. promissum, Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2. 4. rĕcanto, 1: Hor. Od. 1, 16, 27: v. recant.
RETRACT Copy link • RETRACTdicta retractare (Verg.); revocare (post-Augustan, in this sense): perhaps aliquid, ut indictum sit revocare velle (after Liv.). Vid: RECANT.