About The Word Recantation
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Recantation
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What's The Definition Of Recantation?
[n] a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
Synonyms | Synonyms for Recantation: abjuration | retraction Related Terms | Find terms related to Recantation: See Also | backdown | climb-down | disavowal | withdrawal Recantation In Webster's Dictionary \Re`can*ta"tion\, n.
The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former
one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction;
retraction.
The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and
forced to make a public recantation. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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