These are the meanings of the letters CONTRADICTER when you unscramble them.
- Contracted (a.)
Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.
- Contracted (a.)
Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.
- Contracted (a.)
Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views.
- Contracted (imp. & p. p.)
of Contract
- Contradict (v. i.)
To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something.
- Contradict (v. t.)
To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.
- Contradict (v. t.)
To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
- Detraction (n.)
A taking away or withdrawing.
- Detraction (n.)
The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny.
- Retraction (n.)
The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.
- Retraction (n.)
The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
- Retraction (n.)
The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.
- Retraction (n.)
The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.