n. 放弃信仰, 改变论调

[ noun ]
a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
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Recantation \Re`can*ta"tion\ (r[=e]`k[a^]n*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former
one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction;
retraction.

The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and
forced to make a public recantation. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.