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recant
verb
(re-cant)
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Synonyms:
abjure
,
forswear
,
resile
,
retract
,
Words Related to
recant
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retract
,
abjure
,
forswear
,
reconsider
,
withdraw
,
reject
,
budge
,
disavow
,
repudiate
,
renounce
,
confess
,
refute
,
corroborate
,
renege
,
testify
,
disprove
,
rebut
,
disbelieve
,
exculpate
,
substantiate
,
vindicate
,
rescind
,
admit
,
incriminate
,
deny
,
perjure
,
absolve
,
dismiss
,
retractate
,
backtrack
,
retracted
,
excommunicated
,
repent
,
contradicted
,
apologize
,
resign
,
defrock
,
persecuted
,
accede
,
reprove
,
lied
,
resile
,
surrender
,
betray
,
misquoted
,
coerced
,
disowned
,
laicize
,
abandon
,
reconvert
,
accept
,
proselytise
,
sodomize
,
acquiesce
,
raped
,
disinvite
,
forgive
,
undecide
,
abnegative
,
abrenunciation
,
capitulate
,
slandered
,
refel
,
reexamine
,
remarry
,
tortured
,
inculpate
,
controvert
,
misrepresented
,
disbar
,
atone
,
expiating
,
scandalize
,
contradict
,
ostracized
,
disrobe
,
implicate
,
masturbate
,
redargue
,
abdicate
,
debunk
,
molested
,
flee
,
rethink
,
christianize
,
disown
,
relent
,
ordain
,
confront
,
backslidden
,
disassociate
,
backpedal
,
disacknowledge
,
forswearer
,
lionise
,
disavouch
,
blasphemed
,
crucify
,
belittled
,
disfellowship
,
recant
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