1) Abjuration 2) Backdown 3) Retraction 4) Withdrawal 1) Abjuration 2) Belief 3) Disavowal 4) Disclaimer 5) Retraction 
The verb recant, and its derivative noun recantation, can mean: ...
• (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
Re`can·ta'tion (rē`kăn*tā'shŭn) noun 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 .» ...