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recantsverbpresent tense third-person singular of recant to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun abjures, abnegates, forswears(also foreswears), reneges, renounces, repeals, repudiates, retracts, takes back, unsays, withdraws contradicts, denies, disavows, disclaims, disowns, gainsays, negates, negativesabandons, bolts, forsakes, gives up, relinquishes, spurns, surrenderscontroverts, disagrees (with), disproves, disputes, rebuts, refutesbacks down, backs off, backtracksdisallows, recalls, revokes adheres (to) acknowledges, admits, affirms, asserts, avows, claims, contends, declares, maintains, proclaims, professes, states, vouches, vowsbacks, confirms, defends, endorses(also indorses), espouses, maintains, supports, upholdsaccepts, adopts, embraces |