recantation
noun/ˌriːkænˈteɪʃn/
/ˌriːkænˈteɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- the act of saying, often publicly, that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had before
- He made a public recantation of all his former beliefs.
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