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Dissident woman's quote retracted (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heretic

'dissident' is the definition.
(I know that heretic is a type of recusant)

'woman's quote retracted' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'quote' becomes 'cite' (synonyms).
'retracted' says the letters should be written backwards.
'cite' backwards is 'etic'.
'her'+'etic'='HERETIC'

(Other definitions for heretic that I've seen before include "Person with views contrary to accepted beliefs" , "contrarian" , "One having unorthodox religious belief" , "One breaking with orthodox beliefs" , "Person with opinions contrary to Church norms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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