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present tense third-person singular of recant
Synonyms & Antonyms of recants
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 for recants
- abjures,
- abnegates,
- forswears
- (also foreswears),
- reneges,
- renounces,
- repeals,
- repudiates,
- retracts,
- takes back,
- unsays,
- withdraws
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