" recantation "

1: as in denial, disavowal;

•  Synonyms : 

•  denial,

•  disaffirmance,

•  disavowal,

•  disownment,

•  renunciation,

•  repudiation,

•  retraction,

•  bait and switch,

•  switcheroo,

•  reconsideration,

•  retreat,

•  second thought,

•  about-face,

•  about-turn,

•  flip-flop,

•  reversal,

•  turnabout,

•  turnaround,

•  U-turn,

•  volte-face,

•  hesitation,

•  indecision,

•  irresolution,

•  shilly-shallying,

•  vacillation,

•  wavering,

•  wobbling

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to);

  * e.g., " ... the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abjure,

•  abnegate,

•  forswear,

•  renege,

•  renounce,

•  repeal,

•  repudiate,

•  retract,

•  take back,

•  unsay,

•  withdraw

•  Antonyms : 

•  adhere (to)