'Recantation' definitions:
Definition of 'recantation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: retraction, abjuration, recantation]
Definition of 'Recantation'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'recantation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- abnegation,
- abolishment,
- abolition,
- abrogation,
- absolute contradiction,
- annulment,
- cancel,
- canceling,
- cancellation,
- cassation,
- cession,
- chucking,
- chucking out,
- contempt,
- contradiction,
- contrary assertion,
- contravention,
- controversion,
- countering,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- crossing,
- declension,
- declination,
- declinature,
- declining,
- defeasance,
- denial,
- deprivation,
- despisal,
- despising,
- disaffirmation,
- disagreement,
- disallowance,
- disapproval,
- disavowal,
- discard,
- disclaimer,
- disclamation,
- discounting,
- dismissal,
- disobedience,
- disowning,
- disownment,
- dispensation,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- disproof,
- disregard,
- dissent,
- dumping,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- expatriation,
- forgoing,
- forswearing,
- gainsaying,
- getting rid of,
- giving up,
- holding back,
- ignoring,
- impugnment,
- invalidation,
- letting go,
- nay,
- negation,
- negative,
- negative answer,
- nix,
- no,
- nonacceptance,
- nonapproval,
- noncompliance,
- nonconsent,
- nonconsideration,
- nonobservance,
- nullification,
- palinode,
- palinody,
- passing by,
- putting away,
- putting out,
- rebuff,
- recall,
- refusal,
- refutation,
- rejection,
- release,
- relinquishment,
- renege,
- reneging,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- repeal,
- repudiation,
- repulse,
- rescinding,
- rescindment,
- rescission,
- resignation,
- retention,
- retractation,
- retraction,
- reversal,
- revocation,
- revoke,
- revokement,
- riddance,
- sacrifice,
- scouting,
- setting aside,
- spurning,
- surrender,
- suspension,
- swearing off,
- throwing out,
- thumbs-down,
- turndown,
- turning out,
- unsaying,
- unwillingness,
- vacation,
- vacatur,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- waiver,
- waiving,
- withdrawal,
- withholding,
- write-off,
- yielding