Recant(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.
Recant(v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
Recantation(n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
Recanted(imp. & p. p.) of Recant
Recanter(n.) One who recants.
Recanting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recant
Words within recantingly