1. (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• abjure
• forswear
• recant
• resile

2. (verb) pull away from a source of disgust or fear

• shrink back

3. (verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• draw back
• pull back

4. (verb) pull inward or towards a center

• draw in

1. (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• disown
• renounce
• repudiate

2. (verb) pull away from a source of disgust or fear

• cringe
• flinch
• funk
• quail
• recoil
• shrink
• squinch
• wince

3. (verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• pull

4. (verb) pull inward or towards a center

• attract
• draw
• draw in
• pull
• pull in

1. (verb) pull inward or towards a center

• introvert
• invaginate

1. (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• abjuration
• abjuration
• abjuration
• recantation
• recantation
• recantation
• retraction
• retraction
• retraction
• abjurer
• forgoing
• forswearing
• renunciation

2. (verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• retractor

3. (verb) pull inward or towards a center

• retraction