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Meanings of recant in inglés
Synonyms
Examples for "retract"
Examples for "retract"
1
I have spoken; thou hast heard; I add nothing and retract nothing.
2
Given the chance to retract the statement, Ford stuck to his guns.
3
On second thought, I retract my earlier callous remarks about the Moon.
4
He called on the police minister to retract his assertions and apologise.
5
Percy Simelane The government has demanded that the newspaper retract its story.
1
Wizards abjure all ties to family and kingdom when they become neophytes.
2
The men of yonder village consent to abjure the worship of Apollo.
3
Du Bruel entered public life; she made him abjure his Royalist opinions.
4
It is not all women but all female confidence tricksters I abjure.
5
He did not pretend that she was to abjure her Protestant faith.
1
The financial incentives are too strong for firms to forswear data collection.
2
You cannot forswear yourself, and you cannot suddenly make an immense fortune.
3
Whatever our powers may be, we have no right to forswear them.
4
I would not forswear myself for all the money in the world!
5
You say it is friendship-butif this is friendship, I'll forswear love.
1
He did not, however, resile from Mrs Bennett's description of how the policy actually would apply.
2
Mr Morrison said the move was "common sense" and he would not resile from it.
3
In the end, Alan Rusbridger had little choice but to resile from becoming chair of the Scott Trust.
4
David Seymour isn't about to resile from an issue he is passionate about, so that is not a viable tactic.
5
The head of the Auckland SPCA says he won't resile from his comments about dog attacks and… Read more Audio
Usage of recant in inglés
1
Does it mean I recant on everything I've ever said or done?
2
All I had to do was recant and I'd be all right.
3
Pointing to her parents, they implored her for their sake to recant.
4
Many were put to death because they refused to recant their faith.
5
Why, why am I to recant and accept the Rodgers' articles now?
6
Ordered to say yes or no to the question 'Will you then recant?'
7
Paris fully expected Peter to recant everything he had said the night before.
8
I tell him I'll recant my story unless he includes me in his.
9
Threaten him with burning at the stake if he fails to recant; 2.
10
It was used against the new astronomy, and Galileo had actually to recant.
11
He is asked if he will recant and abjure his error.
12
The prisoner must recant on oath his statement that he is the Sunchild.
13
They all said that he did not recant in any manner.
14
Castell was a brave man; no torments would make him recant.
15
The conquerors offered them their lives-sosay the French stories-ifthey would recant.
16
Bossuet determined that the eloquent archbishop must be compelled to recant.
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