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Retract vs Reconsider - What's the difference?

retract | reconsider |

As verbs the difference between retract and reconsider

is that retract is to pull back inside while reconsider is to consider a matter thought already to have been decided.

retract

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To pull back inside.
    • An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.
  • (ambitransitive) To draw back; to draw up.
    • Muscles retract after amputation.
    A cat can retract its claws.
  • To take back or withdraw something one has said.
    • I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won't sue me.
  • * Bishop Stillingfleet
    • I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it.
  • * Granville
    • She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, / Consents, retracts , advances, and then flies.
  • To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke.
    • (Woodward)

    Synonyms

    * take back * withcall * withdraw

    See also

    * unsay * unspeak

    reconsider

    English

    Verb

    (en verb) (wikipedia reconsider)
  • To consider a matter thought already to have been decided.
    • Is there any way I can get you to reconsider selling your car?
  • In parliamentary procedure, a motion to bring back for further debate and a revote a motion that has already been passed.

    • Related terms

    * consider

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