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retractatio

retractatio · f

A taking in hand again; a retouching

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Suasoriae 1 · 0.97/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 1 · 0.18/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

rē^tractātĭo — Lewis & Short

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.

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