Recantation

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of recanting or something recanted. countable, uncountable

    "Macron’s full recantation came in his speech on 31 May this year in Bratislava, arguably the most important delivered by a European leader since the war broke out."

  2. 2
    a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion wordnet

Synonyms

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retractionabjurationdisavowalrepudiationabandonmentabjuration

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"Macron’s full recantation came in his speech on 31 May this year in Bratislava, arguably the most important delivered by a European leader since the war broke out."

Etymology

From recant + -ation.

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