recant[verb]Synonyms: withdraw, disclaim, forswear, renege, repudiate, retract, revoke, take back
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
re‧cant /rɪˈkænt/
verb [intransitive and transitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: recantare, from cantare 'to sing']
formal to say publicly that you no longer have a political or religious belief that you had before
—recantation /ˌriːkænˈteɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲