Recant

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Synonyms: retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See Renounce.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.