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rē^tractātĭo , ōnis, f. retracto.
I. A taking in hand again; a retouching, revision, correction; so only Retractationes, the title of a work of Augustine.—
II. Reconsideration, remembrance: “eorum qui fuerunt retractatio non sine acerbitate quādam juvat,” Sen. Ep. 63, 6.—
III. Hesitation, refusal (only in connection with sine): “sine ullā retractatione,” Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38; id. Att. 13, 25 (with dubitatio); id. Tusc. 5, 29, 82; Liv. 6, 28: “absque retractatione morietur,” surely, certainly, Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 39.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 13.25
    • Old Testament, 1 Samuel, 14.39
    • Cicero, Philippics, 14.14.38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 28
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.29
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 63.6
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