| 词汇 | recantation |
| 释义 | recantation noun[ C or U ] formaluk /ˌriː.kænˈteɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌriː.kænˈteɪ.ʃən/ the act of announcing in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them: 公开宣布（对以前的信仰或观点的）放弃 The hearing will focus on the reliability of the recantation. This is an almost complete recantation of her earlier views.这几乎是对她早期观点的彻底否定。 See recant Galileo's recantation of his belief in the Copernican system Prosecutors will dismiss a case upon the recantation of a victim. The girl's recantation came after the court's 21-day limit. Denying & contradicting abnegate abnegation breath burst someone's bubbleidiom contradictorily counter-argue debunk deny disabuse disagree dispute I'm a Dutchmanidiom make (a) nonsense of somethingidiom myth-buster myth-busting non-acceptance non-recognition recant refute speak for yourselfidiom Examples of recantationrecantation The straightforward legal action called for a combined conclusion for damages, a financial penalty, and a recantation (plus, of course, the expenses of the case). He really indicated, even today, that it was a deathbed recantation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have been a total recantation of everything that he has stood for in his political life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am all the more pleased to have this recantation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That came into my mind when he spoke of recantations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now we have seen that, as far as engineering is concerned at any rate, there has been a recantation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a violent recantation on my part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of a recantation, we heard a most unusual tribute to the tax dodgers, which seemed altogether irrelevant to his case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that we should ask for a recantation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the moment for repentence and recantation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Alternatively, might we have to consider the possibility of legislative recantationpost facto? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope, therefore, that there will be some recantation this afternoon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What happened needed public criticism in order to get public recantation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spinning the end of spin is not sufficient—genuine recantation and reform are needed rather than just the presentation of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I listened carefully to him today, in the expectation of hearing some recantation before he took on the rôle of poacher turned gamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of recantation These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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