recantation Copy link Outline 1. rĕceptus, ūs2. παλινῳδία • recantation: 1. rĕceptus, ūs: a time for r. of too intolerant a sentiment, tempus ad receptum nimis pertinacis sententiae, Liv. 4, 57. 2. παλινῳδία: Cic. Att. 4, 5: ib. 7, 7. In Cicero's time the Greek word appears to have been in use, which later was written in Roman letters. see Macrob. Sat. 7, 5.