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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.