public recantation
Example Sentences
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For weeks, the former G.O.P. chairman's public recantation has seemed to echo in political circles.
From Time Magazine Archive
In spite of his advisers he determines to make a public recantation over the television-radio which would wreck the republic and his reputation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Spalatin indicated to him the points on which, according to Glapio's statement, he would in any case be expected to make a public recantation.
From Life of Luther by Koestlin, Julius
As for heresy, the miracle lay in the unlooked-for conversion of the chief heretic of the district, Gieremia, known as the Archbishop of the Mark, who, with his son Alticlero, made public recantation.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
"Yes, I make a public recantation," he said.
From Across the Stream by Benson, Edward Frederic
