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recant

verb

1 he was forced to recant his position, and was subjected to imprisonment:

renounce, forswear, disavow, deny, repudiate, renege on, abjure, relinquish, abandon;

archaic forsake.

▷antonyms reaffirm.

2 he was charged with heresy, refused to recant, and was put to death:

change one's mind, be apostate, defect, renege;

rare apostatize, tergiversate.

3 he recanted his testimony:

retract, take back, withdraw, disclaim, disown, recall, unsay.

recant Oxford Dictionary of English