retractation

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Had he drawn his sword upon me, I could have understood that his retractation had been forced.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo

John's voice held a certain regret, but no retractation.

From The War-Workers by Delafield, E.M.

He was pressed to make a formal retractation of the passages to which objection was made, but this he stiffly refused to do.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn

Some of the articles, he replied, charged him with teaching things which he had never taught, and he could not by this formal act of retractation admit that he had taught them.

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

But even that strong measure failed to induce a satisfactory retractation.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant