retractation

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It would be attaching very great importance to one's smallest sayings, to think a formal retractation requisite every time that one commits an error.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I by Mill, John Stuart

What they demanded of him was a retractation of all the articles brought against him, with an unconditional submission to the council.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

If so, my retractation is, that if he be excused one way, he must be accused another way; and if he be blameless of ignorance, he is blameworthy for dissimulation.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

In his “Geständnisse,” the retractation of former opinions and profession of Theism are renewed, but in a strain of irony that repels our sympathy and baffles our psychology. 

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan

Although Du Pin consented to a retractation, the book was suppressed in 1693; he was, however, allowed again to continue it on changing its title by substituting nouvelle for universelle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various