RECANTATION

retraction, abjuration, recantation

(noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

recantation (countable and uncountable, plural recantations)

The act of recanting or something recanted.

Anagrams

• triacontane

Source: Wiktionary


Re`can*ta"tion, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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