Related Words for recant

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retract
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Verb, Verb
abjure
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Verb, Verb
repudiate
x/xx
Verb
relent
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Verb
renounce
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Verb
repent
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Verb
disavow
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Verb
confess
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Verb
resign
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Verb
refute
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Verb
denounce
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Verb
capitulate
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Verb
forced
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Verb
reconsider
xx/x
Verb
disown
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Verb
compelled
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Verb
rescind
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Verb
rebut
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Verb
corroborate
x/xx
Verb
refused
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Verb
contradict
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Verb
dare
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Verb
avow
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Verb
demur
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Noun
accept
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Verb
concede
x/
Verb
revise
x/
Verb
testify
/xx
Verb
confession
x/x
Noun
apologize
x/xx
Verb
affirm
x/
Verb
persuaded
x/x
Verb
restate
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Verb
disbelieve
xx/
Verb
renege
x/
Verb
admit
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Verb
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
retraction
x/x
Noun
withdraw
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Verb
substantiate
x/xx
Verb
rethink
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Verb
obliged
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Verb
reexamine
xx/x
Verb
abandon
x/x
Verb
vindicated
/xxx
Verb
expound
x/
Verb
disprove
x/
Verb
backtrack
/x
Noun
apology
x/xx
Noun
plead
/
Verb
temerity
x/xx
Noun
falsify
/xx
Verb
swear
/
Verb
reinterpret
xx/x
Verb
forgive
x/
Verb
apologise
x/xx
Verb
rebuttal
x/x
Noun
coerced
x/
Verb
witness
/x
Noun
vowed
/
Verb
reiterate
x/xx
Verb
refusal
x/x
Noun
begged
/
Verb
reaffirm
xx/
Verb
flee
/
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
reject
x/
Verb
proffer
/x
Noun
convinced
x/
Adjective
dissemble
x/x
Verb
dissociate
x/xx
Verb
speak
/
Verb
interject
xx/
Verb
reevaluate
xx/xx
Verb
condemn
x/
Verb
gladly
/x
Adverb
remonstrate
/xx
Verb
attempt
x/
Noun
unwilling
x/x
Adjective
succumb
x/
Verb
proclaim
x/
Verb
divulge
x/
Verb
perjured
/x
Adjective
deathbed
/x
Noun
implore
x/
Verb
defend
x/
Verb
confront
x/
Verb
abdicate
/xx
Verb
admonish
x/x
Verb
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
accede
x/
Verb
harangue
x/
Noun
depose
x/
Verb
recollect
xx/
Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
discredit
x/x
Noun
avowal
x/x
Noun
publish
/x
Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
swallow
/x
Noun
walk back
//
Phrase, Verb
revoke
x/
Verb
back out
//
Phrase, Verb
annul
/x
Verb
retire
x/
Verb
overturn
/xx
Verb
reclaim
x/
Verb
reverse
x/
Noun
draw off
//
Phrase, Verb
recede
x/
Verb
cancel
/x
Noun
relinquish
x/x
Verb
quit
/
Verb
revel
/x
Noun
reprove
x/
Verb
throw off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
heresies
/xx
Noun
galileo
xx/x
Name
publicly
/xx
Adverb
luther
/x
Name
testimony
/xxx
Noun
allegations
xx/x
Noun
beliefs
x/
Noun
pressured
/x
Verb
teachings
/x
Noun
pardon
/x
Noun
opinions
x/x
Noun
views
/
Noun
exhorted
x/x
Verb
errors
/x
Noun
doctrines
/x
Noun
acre
/x
Noun
adventurous
x/xx
Adjective
afraid
x/
Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
antebellum
xx/x
Adjective
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
budge
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
burnt
/
Adjective
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
chargeable
/xx
Adjective
concealed
x/
Adjective
conquest
/x
Noun, Verb
crusading
x/x
Verb, Noun
dan
/
Noun
doth
/
Verb, Noun
dozen
/x
Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
feed
/
Noun, Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
forgotten
x/x
Adjective, Noun
francs
/
Noun
gallon
/x
Noun
glorious
/xx
Adjective
holocaust
/xx
Name, Verb
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
recent
/x
Adjective, Noun
reformation
xx/x
Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
suffice
x/
Verb
uneventful
xx/x
Adjective
unrecorded
xx/x
Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective