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recantation
This term carries a heavy weight of formality and often implies a high-stakes environment, such as a courtroom or a religious tribunal. It suggests a complete and public reversal of a previous stance, rather than a simple change of mind. The word evokes a sense of surrender or the admission of a previous error under pressure.
Because it describes a specific act of withdrawal, it is treated as a countable noun. While it refers to an abstract action, one can refer to multiple separate instances of recantation across different cases or historical events.
Meanings
Examples
The court demanded a full recantation of his previous testimony.
He signed the recantation under extreme pressure from the authorities.
I cannot believe she is asking for a public recantation now.
The scientist issued a formal recantation of his earlier findings.
A forced recantation does not prove that the original belief was wrong.
The CEO offered a recantation of the controversial statements made during the press conference.
The CEO offered a recantation of the controversial statements made during the press conference.
Will a simple recantation be enough to save him from exile?
The document was a written recantation of everything he had claimed to know.