Definitions for: Recantation

[n] a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

Webster (1913) Definition: Re`can*ta"tion, n.
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.

Synonyms: abjuration, retraction

See Also: backdown, climb-down, disavowal, withdrawal