recantation Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
retraction; abjuration.
WordNet
Re`can*ta"tion noun
Definitions
The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction. The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation. Bp. Stillingfleet.