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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Retraction

n. 1. The act of taking or drawing back <retraction of anticipatory repudiation before breach of contract>. 2. The act of recanting; a statement in recantation <retraction of a defamatory remark>. 3. Wills & estates. A withdrawal of a renunciation <because of her retraction, she took property under her uncle's will>. See RENUNCIATION (3). - retract, vli.