recantation

noun

The act of recanting; retraction; especially, solemn renunciation or abjuration of a doctrine or religious system previously maintained, with acknowledgment that it is erroneous.

The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

The act of recanting or something recanted.

A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.