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Webster 1913 Edition
Recantation
Reˊcan-ta′tion
(rēˊkăn-tā′shŭn)
, Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Recantation
RECANTA'TION
,Noun.