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RECANTATION

\ɹɪkantˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɹɪkantˈe‍ɪʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_k_a_n_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of RECANTATION

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The act of renouncing or withdrawing that which was previously believed or stated; the statement made in so renouncing or withdrawing.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

n. Act of recanting; retraction.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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