Recantation
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The verb recant , and its derivative noun recantation, can mean:-
- To formally abandon a previously-held belief, often under order from an authority (often a Church inquisition) which is enforcing an orthodoxy. Often the order included severe threats, including threat of burning at the stake.
- In Roman poetry, after describing something hyperbolically, to briefly re-describe it without the exaggeration. (This is the original meaning.)
- Or see revocation.
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Galileo's recantation
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