Vocabulary : Retorting to Retractate

Retorting : of Retort
Retortion : Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. ;; Retaliation.
Retortive : Containing retort.
Retoss : To toss back or again.
Retouch : To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay. ;; To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork. ;; A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.

Retoucher : One who retouches.
Retrace : To trace back, as a line. ;; To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings. ;; To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
Retract : To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. ;; To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. ;; To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. ;; To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. ;; To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. ;; The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Retractable : Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Retractate : To retract; to recant.

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