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Retraced
- verb - reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
- to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
Retraces
- verb - reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
- to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
Retracts
- verb - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
- pull away from a source of disgust or fear
- pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
- use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
Retrains
- verb - teach new skills; "We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment"
- train again; "He is retraining to become an IT worker"
Retraxit
- - The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.
Retreads
- noun - a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
- give new treads to (a tire)
- use again in altered form; "retread an old plot"
Retreats
- noun - (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
- (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- an area where you can be alone
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
- move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
- move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
- pull back or move away or backward;
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retr
Retrench
- verb - make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
Retrials
- noun - a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors