retractation

Example Sentences

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He watched old Morestal, as though he were still expecting a sudden retractation.

From The Frontier by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Nothing was done; deceived on this wise, she could not fail to retract her retractation.

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

In reality, it was not to the interest of the English that she should resume her man's dress, and so make null and void a retractation obtained with such difficulty.

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

He was told that an explanation, not a retractation, was all that was demanded of him, and when the explanation he offered was found unsatisfactory another was proposed to him on May 31.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von

After I have made a public retractation all my comrades who have hitherto been my friends will fall away from me and despise me.

From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph