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recant
verb as in take back something said
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However, she has since refused to recant her story and stands by her original claim.
A great opinion prevailed that he was about to recant; others thought that he wanted further time.
It was not too late, he would recant, and go back and enter the Church, and become a great and powerful prelate.
He shall do this; or else I do recant The pardon that I late pronouncèd here.
He was required to recant, to abjure the doctrines he had taught; not in private, but publicly before the world.
He did not like the idea of being alone, and if he did not formally recant in so many words, he did so by his actions.
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On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to recant, such as: annul, back down, back off, backtrack, contradict, and disavow.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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