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recantation

noun

Definition of recantationnext
as in retraction

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Recent Examples of recantation And Bishop’s formal recantation helped to fast-track the overturning of the convictions. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recantation
  1. retraction
  2. disavowal
  3. renunciation
  4. denial
  5. repudiation
Noun
  • The unit requires zero maintenance on its retraction element and offers standard mounting configurations for leading industrial robot platforms, including KUKA, ABB, and FANUC.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026
  • False information is incorrect and may require a correction or retraction.
    — Victoria Marshall, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of retraction
Noun
  • Part of what fascinated me about their presentation was not only their refusal to kowtow to male desire, which for decades had a stranglehold on rock aesthetics, but a concomitant disavowal of commercialism.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Pelicot is troubled by her children’s immediate disavowal of their father, of their entire childhood.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of disavowal
Noun
  • This renunciation has had little impact on their progeny, who already studied them for years and viewed their content as a portrait of a viable future.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Then, over the following years, came sustainability and strict reuse and ascetic renunciation, and today, finally, its photo series and articles advocated for a mild, slightly quirky anticapitalist metaphysics.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Definition of renunciation
Noun
  • And to me, that denial is one factor that contributes to the crimes persisting.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
  • By the film’s close, Hoffman said, Sally has moved past denial for good.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of denial
Noun
  • That struggle seemed like a repudiation of everything Ralph had taught his son.
    — Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
  • If the human vanishes at the moment of execution, then fraud, repudiation, and abuse all become easier to scale.
    — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of repudiation

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“Recantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recantation. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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