The phrase "immediate retraction" means quickly taking back or withdrawing something that was said or written. It is done as soon as possible to correct a mistake or to invalidate a previous statement. Full definition
I demand an unconditional andf immediate retraction of story, and I hope this brings full clarity on this matter as far as the «rumours» involving my name is concerned.» (ghanapoliticsonline.com)
Ross McKitrick was so upset about a paper «Learning from mistakes in climate research» (Benestad et al., 2015) that he has written a letter of complaint and asked for immediate retraction of the pages discussing his work. (realclimate.org)
I demand an unconditional and immediate retraction of story, and I hope this brings full clarity on this matter as far as the «rumours» involving my name is concerned. (ghanapoliticsonline.com)