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Definitions of 'recant' Wordnet 

1. (verb) abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"


Definitions of 'recant' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (verb) recant
to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall

2. (verb) recant
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


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