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Recant

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Verb

1. abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Example Sentences:
'He retracted his earlier statements about his religion'
'She abjured her beliefs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Recant

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verb
to repudiate or withdraw (a former belief or statement), esp formally in public

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Recant

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
to withdraw or renounce (beliefs or statements formerly held), esp. in a formal or public manner

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Recant

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v. re·cant·ed, re·cant·ing, re·cants
v.tr.
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
v.intr.
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.

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