retraction

Noun

countable uncountable

An act or instance of retracting. / A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.

Japanese Meaning

（行為の）撤回・取り下げ・訂正のこと。特に、以前の発言や声明を公に撤回し、誤りを認めるための訂正声明などを指す。

What is this buttons?

After discovering the flawed methodology, the journal published a retraction to correct the scientific record.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

不適切な方法が判明した後、学術誌は科学的記録を訂正するために正式に撤回を公表した。

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Sense（1）

An act or instance of retracting.

Sense（2）

A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.

Sense（3）

(mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

retractions

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