Found 2 items, similar to recantation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: recantation recantation n : a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: retraction, abjuration]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Recantation Recantation \Re`can*ta"tion\ (r[=e]`k[a^]n*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction. [1913 Webster] The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]