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