recant

recant
re·cant /ri-'kant/ vt: to renounce or withdraw (prior statements or testimony)
surprised the prosecution by recant ing statements made earlier to the police
vi: to renounce or withdraw prior statements or testimony
re·can·ta·tion /ˌrē-ˌkan-'tā-shən/ n

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

recant
I verb abjure, abrogate, annul, cancel, contradict, countermand, disaffirm, disannul, disavow, disclaim, disenact, disown, negate, nullify, recall, recantare, renounce, repudiate, rescind, retract, retractare, reverse, revoke, take back, tergiversate, unsay, vacate, void, withdraw associated concepts: recant a confession, recant prior testimony II index abrogate (rescind), cancel, disaffirm, disavow, disclaim, disinherit, disown (deny the validity), negate, nullify, renounce, repent, repudiate, rescind, revoke, tergiversate, vacate (void), withdraw

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • Recant — Re*cant (r[ e]*k[a^]nt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recanting}.] [L. recantare, recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re re + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d {Cant}, {Chant}.] To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Recant — Re*cant , v. i. 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. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • recant — (v.) 1530s, from L. recantare recall, revoke, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + cantare to chant (see CANT (Cf. cant) (1)). A word from the Reformation. Loan translation of Gk. palinoidein recant, from palin back + …   Etymology dictionary

  • recant — retract, *abjure, renounce, forswear Analogous words: withdraw, remove …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • recant — [v] take back something said abjure, abnegate, abrogate, annul, apostatize, back down, back off, back out, backtrack*, call back, cancel, contradict, countermand, deny, dial back*, disavow, disclaim, disown, eat one’s words*, forswear, go back on …   New thesaurus

  • recant — ► VERB ▪ renounce a former opinion or belief. DERIVATIVES recantation noun. ORIGIN Latin recantare revoke , from cantare sing, chant …   English terms dictionary

  • recant — [ri kant′] vt., vi. [L recantare < re , back, again + cantare, freq. of canere, to sing: see CHANT] to withdraw or renounce (beliefs or statements formerly held), esp. in a formal or public manner recantation [rē΄kan tā′shən] n. recanter n …   English World dictionary

  • recant — verb 1) he was forced to recant his political beliefs Syn: renounce, disavow, deny, repudiate, renege on; formal forswear, abjure 2) he refused to recant Syn: change one s mind, be apostate; rare tergiversate 3) …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • recant — [[t]rɪkæ̱nt[/t]] recants, recanting, recanted VERB If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past. [FORMAL] Alarmed by the furor the letter created, White House officials ordered Williams to… …   English dictionary

  • recant — UK [rɪˈkænt] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms recant : present tense I/you/we/they recant he/she/it recants present participle recanting past tense recanted past participle recanted formal 1) to say that something you said was not… …   English dictionary

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