RECANTATION Antonyms

• a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

• the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

• a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• information that confirms or verifies

• making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

• a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism

• a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

• a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

• (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction

• a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a formal public statement

• a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

• a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

• a speech seconding a motion

• formal and explicit approval

• a signature that validates something

• the act of endorsing

• a formal and solemn declaration of objection

• a strong declaration of protest

• a solemn statement made under oath

• an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact

• something that serves as evidence

• the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.

• the justification for some act or belief