Word: retraction
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
trac
tion
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: re-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: back, backwards
Affix: traction
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The condition of being so pulled.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: trahere
Language: la
Decoded: trahere
Meaning: pull
Affix: -io
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form causative verbs from adjectives.