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recantation
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to make a formal retraction of a previously held statement or belief
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disclaim
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to deny or renounce any connection with a claim; disown
deny the validity of |
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repudiate
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to reject the validity or authority of; reject as untrue, or unjust
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abjuration
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to renounce under oath, to repudiate, deny or disavow solemnly
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conundrum
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a paradoxical, difficult problem; a riddle which a question is answered by a pun
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sermon
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a lengthy speech, usually religious, delivered as part of a church service
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prodigality
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extravagant wastefulness
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astigmatism
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a defect of the eye or of a lens, where rays derived from one point are not focused, results in imperfect images or indistinctness of vision.
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pliable
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easily bent or shaped
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