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retractations

retractations is the plural of retractation.

Meaning of retractation

Noun

retractation (countable and uncountable, plural retractations)

  1. (archaic) retraction (of something previously said)
    • […] but while they own what G. Fox hath written, and that he writ it with a perfect spirit: I say untill they do make some Recantation or Retractation: or shew the Reasons why they doe not, H. Norton who keeps more plainly to his Principles is to windward of them, and the Foxians do but strip...1872, Publications of the Narragansett Club: George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, page 257

Questions about retractations

What is retractations the plural of?
Retractations is the plural of retractation.

Words near retractations in the dictionary

  1. retractate
  2. retractated
  3. retractates
  4. retractating
  5. retractation
  6. retractations
  7. retracted
  8. retracted tongue root
  9. retracted tongue roots
  10. retracter
  11. retracters

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