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▪ I. recantation1|riːkænˈteɪʃən| [f. recant v.1 + -ation.] The action of recanting; an instance of this.
1545Joye Exp. Dan. v. 94 The kyng with publyke rescript and open recantacion confessinge his synne. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle vi. 2413 Turn convertite, and make true recantation. 1667Pepys Diary (1879) IV. 261 Two papist women lately converted, whereof one wrote her recantation. 1771Junius Lett. xliv. 232 My offences are not to be redeemed by recantation or repentance. 1814D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. (1867) 453 Recantations usually prove the force of authority, rather than the force of conviction. 1846Grote Greece i. xv. (1862) I. 257 His poem of recantation (the famous palinode now unfortunately lost). attrib.1619R. Jones Two Serm., The Recantation Sermon. 1690Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 109 Mr. Sheapherd..has preacht a recantation sermon in Pinners hall. ▪ II. † recantation2 Obs. rare—0. [Cf. recant v.2] (See quot.)
1611Florio, Ricantatione, a recantation or singing againe. |