Recantation synonyms

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palinode
A poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem.
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retractation
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retraction
A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
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withdrawal
Discontinuance of the use of a drug or other substance, especially one that is addictive.
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accept (related)
A formal statement of disavowal
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abjuration
The act of abjuring.
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confession (related)
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pronouncement (related)
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Find another word for recantation. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for recantation, like: palinode, retractation, retraction, withdrawal, accept, abjuration, confession and pronouncement.
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Recantation Sentence Examples

  • But after his recantation his detention was made less severe and he was allowed many alleviations.

  • On the 21st of March he was taken to St Mary's church, and asked to repeat his recantation in the hearing of the people as he had promised.

  • He accompanied Servetus to the stake, vainly urging him to a recantation at the last moment.

  • Eckhart appears, however, to have made a conditional recantation - that is, he professed to disavow whatever in his writings could be shown to be erroneous.

  • The recantation was probably insincere, for on returning to his diocese he taught adoptianism as before.

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