re·cant /rɪˈkænt/
(vt.)宣布放棄(vi.)放棄信仰,撤消聲明,公開認錯
Re·cant v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.] To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
How soon . . . ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void! --Milton.
Syn: -- To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See Renounce.
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.
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recant
v : formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements
about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure,
forswear, retract, resile]