public recantation
Example Sentences
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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
For weeks, the former G.O.P. chairman's public recantation has seemed to echo in political circles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was too much of an impostor to be deeply tinged with fanaticism, and was not unwilling to make a public recantation of his heresies if he could thereby save his life.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
"Yes, I make a public recantation," he said.
From Across the Stream by Benson, Edward Frederic
Marshal Augereau, who had endeavoured in his proclamation of 1814 to disgrace the Emperor, was eager to make his public recantation in a fresh proclamation.
From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron
