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recantings

recantings is the plural of recanting.

Meaning of recanting

Noun

recanting (plural recantings)

  1. The act of one who recants; a retraction.
    • Its victim focus and child centeredness, in the program's opinion, accounted for the significant numbers of client disclosures and four offender confessions and very few victim recantings.1989, John T. Pardeck, Child Abuse and Neglect: Theory, Research, and Practice, page 170

Questions about recantings

What is recantings the plural of?
Recantings is the plural of recanting.

Words near recantings in the dictionary

  1. recanters
  2. recantest
  3. recanteth
  4. recanting
  5. recantingly
  6. recantings
  7. recants
  8. recanvas
  9. recanvased
  10. recanvases
  11. recanvasing

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