retractive

English

Etymology

retract +‎ -ive

Noun

retractive (plural retractives)

1. That which retracts or withdraws.

Adjective

retractive (comparative more retractive, superlative most retractive)

1. Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.

Derived terms

• retractively

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “retractive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)