Synonyms of recanted

recanted 1 of 2

adjective

as in retracted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retracted
• revoked
• withheld
• suppressed
• repressed
• stifled
• personal
• concealed
• reserved
• silenced
• intimate
• surreptitious
• conspiratorial
• undercover
• undisclosed
• clandestine
• underhanded
• collusive
• covert
• classified
• underhand
• unannounced
• confidential
• unadvertised
• privy
• private
• secret

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• public
• open
• general
• popular
• unclassified
• well-known
• nonclassified

recanted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of recant

as in withdrew

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retracted
• withdrew
• renounced
• contradicted
• denied
• refuted
• repealed
• abandoned
• repudiated
• abjured
• relinquished
• reneged
• foreswore
• took back
• forswore
• recalled
• disavowed
• disowned
• disclaimed
• disproved
• unsaid
• spurned
• abnegated
• rebutted
• gainsaid
• forsook
• negated
• controverted
• disputed
• revoked
• surrendered
• disagreed (with)
• backtracked
• bolted
• negatived
• disallowed
• gave up
• backed down
• backed off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• admitted
• stated
• claimed
• acknowledged
• affirmed
• declared
• asserted
• maintained
• proclaimed
• contended
• adhered (to)
• confirmed
• professed
• supported
• adopted
• defended
• endorsed
• accepted
• backed
• upheld
• vowed
• vouched
• avowed
• embraced
• indorsed
• espoused