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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
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Recent Examples of recanted
Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The man who created Steele dossier recanted it in February, and Comey kept using the document to get warrants.
—NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
But now, Richins' defense team claims that Crozier recanted the statement in April, and accuses prosecutors of knowingly withholding the info from the defense ahead of trial.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Dassey contradicted himself numerous times during the confession, and later recanted it entirely.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Whatever, Dever quickly recanted her earlier precise testimony to the FBI about the sinister doings by those two dodgy cops behind Karen Read’s SUV.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The first woman has since recanted her allegations of abuse, and Mills has not been charged with any crime.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
But Raviani later recanted her allegations and dubbed it a misunderstanding.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
However, Springsteen and Scott later recanted their confessions, claiming they were coerced during lengthy police interrogations.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The two who confessed – and later recanted – were convicted of capital murder and remained in prison until DNA evidence proving their innocence led to their release in 2009, prosecutors said.
—Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
Some accusers changed their minds and recanted.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The man who created Steele dossier recanted it in February, and Comey kept using the document to get warrants.
—NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
But now, Richins' defense team claims that Crozier recanted the statement in April, and accuses prosecutors of knowingly withholding the info from the defense ahead of trial.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Dassey contradicted himself numerous times during the confession, and later recanted it entirely.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Whatever, Dever quickly recanted her earlier precise testimony to the FBI about the sinister doings by those two dodgy cops behind Karen Read’s SUV.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The first woman has since recanted her allegations of abuse, and Mills has not been charged with any crime.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
But Raviani later recanted her allegations and dubbed it a misunderstanding.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
However, Springsteen and Scott later recanted their confessions, claiming they were coerced during lengthy police interrogations.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recanted
Adjective
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Nonetheless, the global ACV market is now valued at more than US$1 billion (2023-2024) and continues to grow – something that one retracted study is unlikely to impact.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, Sala's work came under scrutiny for a retracted study that used flawed data.—
Elisabeth Brier,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Royalist émigrés began to trickle back into the country in 1795, and a number of Jacobins who renounced their earlier radicalism were also reintegrated into civil society.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Takaichi has called for a hardline stance towards China and is also in favor of revising Japan’s pacifist constitution, especially Article 9, which renounced Japan’s right to wage war.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After occupying Sinai, Britain and France succumbed to international pressure and withdrew their forces from Egypt in November.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In 2008, the American Academy of Pediatrics withdrew its guidance that said potential allergens should be avoided for high-risk babies, but didn’t have enough data to recommend introducing them early.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The withheld funding supports election monitoring, independent media and other pro-democracy programs abroad.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Supreme Court also previously denied an appeal filed by Davis in 2020.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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That defeat denied Indianapolis a playoff appearance and infuriated the man in charge of it all.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Too long submerged in suppressed grief, Zilpha now came up from its depth like any swimmer stroking toward light and sweet air.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Intelligence reports and the 9/11 Commission later contradicted these claims.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The true-crime trappings offered a pointed tool for presenting evidence that contradicted the husbands’ oblivious assertions.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In Coldwater, Walking Dead star Lincoln returns to British screens as a repressed man who moves to a backwater Scottish village and strikes up a friendship with his next door neighbor Tommy (Ewen Bremner).—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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Like Freud’s return of the repressed.—
Lucinda Rosenfeld,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Recanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recanted. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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