Pull back (6)
'pull back' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for retract that I've seen before include "Take back (statement)" , "Withdraw, take back" , "Pull back (statements or claws, perhaps)" , "Withdraw as unjustified" , "Reverse" .)
'pull back' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for recoil that I've seen before include "Fossil reptile" , "Spring back; flinch" , "Spring back in horror" , "Feel disgust" , "Stagger back" .)