Thesaurus results for RETRACTION

retraction

noun

Definition of retraction

as in recantation

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Recent Examples of retraction The misleading comments and images posted by Vance, Jenrick, Farage, and Weidel nevertheless remain online, with no correction or retraction. — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026 The couple called for an investigation and a retraction of the paper, telling Science they were concerned the paper could give other parents false hope. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026 The ad hoc committee was responsible for reviewing and recommending the retraction of more than 1,700 problematic conference articles last year. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026 The retraction has reportedly left Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, furious as well. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for retraction

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And Bishop’s formal recantation helped to fast-track the overturning of the convictions.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026

Definition of recantation

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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

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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

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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
The results on Amendment 4 and Amendment 5 marked a stunning repudiation of Republican policy in a state that overwhelmingly elects Republican lawmakers.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

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