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单词 recantation
释义
recantation
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˌriː.kænˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌriː.kænˈteɪ.ʃən/
theactofannouncinginpublicthatyourpastbeliefsorstatementswerewrongand that you nolongeragreewith them:
公开宣布（对以前的信仰或观点的）放弃
Thehearingwillfocuson thereliabilityof the recantation.这几乎是对她早期观点的彻底否定。
This is analmostcompleterecantation of herearlierviews.
See
recant
More examples
  • Galileo's recantation of hisbeliefin the Copernicansystem
  • Prosecutors willdismissacaseupon the recantation of avictim.
  • The girl's recantation came after the court's 21-daylimit.
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(Definition ofrecantationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
recantation
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˌriː.kænˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌriː.kænˈteɪ.ʃən/
theactofannouncinginpublicthatyourpastbeliefsorstatementswerewrongand that you nolongeragreewith them
公开宣布（对以前的信仰或观点的）放弃
Thehearingwillfocuson thereliabilityof the recantation.
This is analmostcompleterecantation of herearlierviews.这几乎是对她早期观点的彻底否定。
See
recant
More examples
  • Galileo's recantation of hisbeliefin the Copernicansystem
  • Prosecutors willdismissacaseupon the recantation of avictim.
  • The girl's recantation came after the court's 21-daylimit.

Examplesofrecantation

recantation
The straightforward legal action called for a combined conclusion for damages, a financial penalty, and arecantation(plus, of course, the expenses of the case).
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He really indicated, even today, that it was a deathbedrecantation.
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It would have been a totalrecantationof everything that he has stood for in his political life.
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I am all the more pleased to have thisrecantation.
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That came into my mind when he spoke of recantations.
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Now we have seen that, as far as engineering is concerned at any rate, there has been arecantation.
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It is not a violentrecantationon my part.
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Instead of arecantation, we heard a most unusual tribute to the tax dodgers, which seemed altogether irrelevant to his case.
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I do not think that we should ask for arecantation.
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This is the moment for repentence andrecantation.
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Alternatively, might we have to consider the possibility of legislativerecantationpost facto?
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I hope, therefore, that there will be somerecantationthis afternoon.
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What happened needed public criticism in order to get publicrecantation.
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Spinning the end of spin is not sufficient—genuinerecantationand reform are needed rather than just the presentation of them.
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I listened carefully to him today, in the expectation of hearing somerecantationbefore he took on the rôle of poacher turned gamekeeper.
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