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Definition of Recantation

Recantation
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.

Meaning of Recantation from wikipedia

- memorable dramatic effect, recantation was used to briefly redefine the material subject fairly and honestly. In religion, recantation may be required to avoid...
- second handwriting (Do****ent B), seemingly written by the Báb, is a recantation; however, there is no indication that it is the same one mentioned in...
- converse. In this context, the implication of the phrase is: despite his recantation, the Inquisition's proclamations to the contrary, or any other conviction...
- sought post-judgment relief based on Crowell Webb's recantation, but the trial court found her recantation to be unbelievable and refused to free him. The...
- murder, though recanted his confessions of both crimes. Since his arrest, Hall has confessed to more than thirty-five murders, recanting them all. However...
- of their errors". Luther himself was instructed to "inform us of such recantation through an open do****ent, sealed by two prelates, which we should receive...
- out in the spring of 1593 to make a recantation before the ****embled church dignitaries of the place. This recantation has been preserved by the Jesuit Delrio...
- orchestrated the September 11 attacks. He initially denied involvement, but later recanted his denial. Al Jazeera broadcast a statement by him on September 16, 2001:...
- accuracy of Drudge's characterization of The New Republic interview as a recantation. Hours later, the do****ents were no longer available at the Drudge Report...
- he was forced by the theology committee at the University of Paris to recant his theories about geological history and animal evolution because they...