Recant: alternatives and connections

A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, t…

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is…

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation…

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.

To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to…

A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. S…

The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous…

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclama…

Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly.

To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish.

(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservati…

A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.

One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions…

A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming hi…

To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally.

That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from…

To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to…