Meaning & use
recanting
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Publicly withdrawing or renouncing a former statement, belief, or confession.
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The witness ended up recanting his earlier testimony under cross-examination.
Under pressure from his peers, the scientist was accused of recanting his own findings.
A note on using this word
Historically associated with forced confessions, as when accused heretics were made to recant their beliefs.
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