RECANTATION

recantation. recantation, an vnsaying of that which was said before

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recantation. Recantation, n. the act of retracting an opinion

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Re′can‐ta″tion (rē′kăn‐tā″shŭn), 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.