英 [ˌriːkænˈteɪʃn] 美 [ˌriːkænˈteɪʃn]
n. 改变论调；取消前言
a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
同义词： retraction / abjuration
... incantation咒语 recantation改变论调 ostensible表面的；假装的 ...
... ration n.定量配给；v.配给 recantation n.改变宗教信仰 recollection n.记忆力；记忆中的往事 ...
... recantation 取消前言 recap 翻新胎面 recapitalization 资本结构之改变 ...
... negation 对立面 recantation 取消 abjuration 放弃 ...
I'll make her howl a recantation!
我要让她号叫着改正她说过的话！
The speaker suddenly made a recantation and left us all rather confused.
演讲人突然改变论调，把我们都搞糊涂了。
They regarded the request for delay as merely the prelude to his recantation.
也认为他延期的请求就是他反悔的先声。
Father Dimitry himself never satisfactorily explained his recantation, though it ended his mission as a dissident priest.
But it also tried hard to discredit Mr Mehlis, most dramatically by televising a key witness's supposed recantation.
Mr Cameron said the recent review of the system by its original architect, Baroness Warnock, was "a stunning recantation".
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