retractatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rē̆tractātĭo, 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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