He often recanted, and the recantation was a thousand times worse than the thing recanted. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest] Reference
To the Crown, however, a recantation is a red flag signalling that a woman has been pressured to drop her allegations. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
The girl then recanted – only to admit later that her recantation was a lie told in order to stay with her mother, the state argues. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Carpitcher case goes before Virginia Supreme Court.] Reference
Their petition highlighted the seriously disturbing timing and the circumstances of the so-called recantation, describing that Nicole's counsel, Atty. From Wordnik.com. [Davao Today] Reference
They could use the "recantation" angle to paint Nicole as a liar. From Wordnik.com. [PinoyPress] Reference
Bishop Richard Williamson, Holocaust denial, and the problem of "recantation" by cranks. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Nicole's statement was not a "recantation" or a reversal of what she said during the trial. From Wordnik.com. [PinoyPress] Reference
We leave it to the legal experts to explain why Nicole's "recantation" is worthless going by the rules of court and the law on evidence applicable in this case. From Wordnik.com. [Bulatlat] Reference
But nothing like a recantation could be wrung from him. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
This recantation marked a significant change of attitude. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa - Chapter 15] Reference
NEWSWEEK published her recantation in its story on Willey. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Willey] Reference
She recanted her statements, then recanted her recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Judgment Day in Wisconsin] Reference
Even Larry Eagleburger's public recantation won't save him. From Wordnik.com. [Palin On Democrats: "Do They Think The Terrorists ... Are The Good Guys?"] Reference
It was a recantation of my faith, there condemned as erroneous. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Let me say this very plainly: there was no deathbed recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Love, War & Running For President] Reference
In that case this little treatise shall form part of his recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
You have that she recanted; you have that she recanted the recantation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2009] Reference
His right-hand was left loose that he might make the sign of recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Religion in Japan] Reference
So when Steele's recantation was published in NEWSWEEK, Poveromo was surprised. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Willey] Reference
Becoming, however, sensible of his error, he publicly renounced his recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
The executioner was touched with pity, and entreated him to make a final recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
He jumped in with a flourish and eagerly began his recantation of the morning weather report. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
He has too summary a method of proceeding in these matters; however, I'll read my recantation instantly. From Wordnik.com. [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference
The show's program veers back and forth between a "Yes, this is new" stance and a "No, it's really not" recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome To Manson High] Reference
He determined to obey the summons to the Diet, and, if there unconvicted of error, to refuse the recantation demanded. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
If recantation is not forthcoming, he is placed in the public work-house until he acknowledges the existence of Deity. From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Thousand Worlds] Reference
This design he communicated to some priests, who highly commended it, and a day was fixed upon for his public recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
This producing no signs of recantation, he took him into his orchard, and in a small arbour there he flogged him first with. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Schuylkill daily of six millions of gallons to sprinkle over asphaltum, gravel and greensward demands recantation of the word. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
The apparent recantation of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, a onetime member of bin Laden's inner circle, has never been publicly acknowledged. From Wordnik.com. [IRAQ AND AL QAEDA] Reference
The judge told him the only alternatives were, recantation or death; and concluded by saying, "Will you die for the faith you profess?". From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
And if it be vniustly taken away, as by vntrue and famous libels, the offenders recantation may suffise for his amends: so did the Poet. From Wordnik.com. [The Arte of English Poesie] Reference
Bishop of Winchester, and led to his making a recantation or final declaration at Paul's Cross, in opposition to his former true doctrine. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
Already I had made the assertion that there was nothing new in St. Petersburg when these granite monoliths at once compelled a recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
The fourteenth day of his imprisonment he was taken to the council to hear his sentence, when he was again urged to sign the form of recantation. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
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