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recant
verb as in take back something said
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Example Sentences
He recanted his statement, but it wasn’t until a private investigator recently tracked down other suspects that the case was reopened.
Palacios later recanted and in the years since has maintained his innocence.
Both have recanted and said under oath that they gave false testimony on the witness stand.
Republicans painted President Biden as a liar for recanting his public vows to refrain from pardoning Hunter.
But he says security personnel detained him, hit him on the head with a pistol and forced him to sign a document recanting his evidence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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