All recantation synonyms
re·cant
R r noun recantation
- backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
- contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
- abjuration — the act of abjuring.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- disowning — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- gainsaying — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- backdown — an act of retreating from a previously asserted position
- egression — The act of going; egress.
- disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
- backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.