recantation.

The withdrawal or renunciation of a previously declared belief or opinion.

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Words that belong together

• public recantation
• forced recantation

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The authorities demanded a public recantation.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular recantation; plural recantations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: argumentation, evidence, inference. Commonness: moderately common.