Recant

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  • intransitive verb. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
  • intransitive verb. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sing over again; utter repeatedly in song.
  • To unsay; contradict or withdraw formally (something which one had previously asserted); renounce; disavow; retract: as, to recant one's opinion or profession of faith.
  • Synonyms Abjure, Forswear, etc. See renounce.
  • To revoke a declaration or proposition; unsay what has been said; renounce or disavow an opinion or a dogma formerly maintained; especially, to announce formally one's abandonment of a religious belief.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract.
  • transitive verb. To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To withdraw from or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
    • Word Usage
    "Anyone with any knowledge of DV knows how often victims recant, which is why there are laws allowing police to prosecute them even in the absence of cooperation from the victim."
    cross-reference
    contradict  recall  revoke  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disown  renounce  repudiate  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ant  Brandt  Brant  Grant  Kant  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    addrest  belittle  burnt  called  cognizable  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abandon  abjure  abjure  abolish  abrogate  
    verb-form
    recanted  recanting  recants  
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