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RECANT
abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; “He retracted his earlier statements about his religion”; “She abjured her beliefs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
recant (third-person singular simple present recants, present participle recanting, simple past and past participle recanted)
(ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
Synonyms: abjure, disavow, disown, recall, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, withcall, Thesaurus:recant
Anagrams
• Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, tanrec, trance
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.] Etym: [L. recantare, recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.]
Definition: To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall. How soon . . . ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void! Milton.
Syn.
– To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See Renounce.
Re*cant", v. i.
Definition: To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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