RECANTATION Synonyms

• a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

• the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back

• the act of giving something up

• withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

• the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away

• the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)

• the act of asserting that something alleged is not true

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• denial of any connection with or knowledge of

• rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid

• the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)

• an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned

• the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)

• rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid

• refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)

• the exposure of falseness or pretensions

• a retraction of a previously held position

• the act of taking out money or other capital

• the act of withdrawing

• avoiding emotional involvement

• the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.

• the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

• a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

• formal separation from an alliance or federation

• the termination of drug taking