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Recantation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Recantation : (noun)
1: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: retraction,
abjuration]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Recantation : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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