retractation in a sentence

Examples

1. It is said that he wrote a formal " Palinodia " or retractation of his book " De vera obedientia "; but the reference is probably to his sermon at the start of Advent, 1554, after Cardinal ( later Archbishop of Canterbury ) Reginald Pole had absolved the kingdom from schism.
2. In this year he lost his seat in consequence of the popular prejudice aroused against him by his trenchant pamphlet " Oui et non " ( 1845 ) against attacks on religious liberty, and a second entitled " Feul Feul " ( 1845 ), written in reply to those who demanded a retractation of the former.
3. Well, that being the state of things, it is said that the only mode in which Dodds could assert that freedom was by actually and distinctly saying to Dickinson, " Now I withdraw my offer .  It appears to me that there is neither principle nor authority for the proposition that there must be an express and actual withdrawal of the offer, or what is called a retractation.
4. Bernier, the ecclesiastical diplomat who negotiated the rehabilitation of the jurors, thought it best, in order to avoid delay, not to make a clear mention of the manner of retractation required by Pope Pius VII; as a consequence, Le Coz denied ever having retracted, and the awkwardness of the situation was ended only by a personal interview between Le Coz and Pius VII, in which both were seen weeping but of which neither ever spoke.