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▪ I. recant, v.1 (rɪˈkænt) [ad. L. recant-āre to recall, revoke (Horace), f. re- re- 2 d + cantāre to sing, chant: cf. Gr. παλινῳδεῖν.] 1. trans. To withdraw, retract, or renounce (a statement, opinion, belief, etc.) as erroneous, and esp. with formal or public confession of error in matters of reli...
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recant/rɪˈkænt; rɪ`kænt/ v[I, Tn](fml 文)(a) formally reject (a former opinion, belief, etc) as being wrong宣布放弃(以前的意见、 信仰等) recant one's former beliefs, heresies 宣布放弃以前的信仰、 异教信仰.(b) take back or withdraw (a statement, an opinion, etc) as being false 撤回, 撤销(声明、 意见等)(因不正确).
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Recantation
In a secular state if ordered to recant by religious authority, one who refused to recant may be anathematized or excommunicated or subject to social exclusion In a theocracy an order to recant may include threats of physical punishment such as prison or corporal punishment which may include death or lethal cruelty
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Sotto voce
Galileo Galilei's (probably apocryphal) utterance "" ("And yet [the Earth] moves"), spoken after deciding to recant his heliocentric theory, is a legendary
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recanter
▪ I. recanter1 (rɪˈkæntə(r)) [f. recant v.1 + -er1.] One who recants or retracts.1589 J. Rider Biblioth. Schol. s.v. Recant, A recanter, or he that recanteth, palinodicus. 1607 Shakes. Timon v. i. 149 The publike Body, which doth sildome Play the re-canter. 1689 Hickeringill Modest Inq. iv. 29 Heave...
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Mary Gadbury
She and William were required to sign and recant their beliefs. William signed and so did Gadbury but only after she had been whipped. The same happened again as William agreed to recant quickly whereas Gadbury was given "correction" to persude her to make her mark.
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rechant
reˈchant, v. [f. re- + chant v., perh. after F. rechanter (1288) or L. recantāre: cf. recant v.2] intr. and trans. To chant again or in reply; to repeat in chanting. Hence reˈchanted, reˈchanting ppl. adjs.1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iv. Handie-crafts 31 Hark, hark, the cheerfull and re-chanting...
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Autoleon
Helen now sent him the message, that if he would recant, his sight should be restored to him.
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Anna Utenhoven
As Utenhoven declined to recant her religious beliefs, which were illegal under Catholic Habsburg rule, the priest ordered the civil authorities from the During the burial, she was given repeated chances to recant her faith and be freed, but she refused each time.
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Was Bhai Mati Das sawn in half on the orders of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb? I came across this History SE question that doubts the claim by Wikipedia that Sikh man Bhai Mati Das was sawn into two on the express orders o...
No, there is no such evidence available. The Hindu states: > For the historians, difficulties have been created because the execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur in Delhi in 1675 is not mentioned in any of the contemporary Persian sources. Nor are there any Sikh contemporary accounts, The books that mentio...
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Antonio Brucioli
He was tried for heresy, convicted, and forced to recant.
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Brucioli was born in Florence at an unknown date. While in Venice he was again tried for heresy, convicted, and forced to recant.
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Thomas Hawkes
to have said: "No my lord, that I will not, for if I had a hundred bodies I would suffer them all to be torn in pieces rather than I will abjure and recant
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Patrick Pakingham
Patrick Pakenham (Packingham, Pakingham) was an English fellmonger who was burned to death at Uxbridge in August 1555 because he refused to recant his
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Ana-tsurushi
, also known simply as , was a Japanese torture technique used in the 17th century to coerce Christians ("Kirishitan") to recant their faith. One of the victim's hands would be held tight with a rope, but the other would be left free so that he could signal his willingness to recant.
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Biderafsh
king of Turan, learns that Iranians have converted to Zoroastrianism, he writes a threatening letter to Goshtasp, the then king of Iran and asks him to recant
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