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v. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).

verb-intransitive. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.

v. To withdraw from or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

v. To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.

verb-intransitive. To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract.

To sing over again; utter repeatedly in song.

To unsay; contradict or withdraw formally (something which one had previously asserted); renounce; disavow; retract: as, to recant one's opinion or profession of faith.

Synonyms Abjure, Forswear, etc. See renounce.

To revoke a declaration or proposition; unsay what has been said; renounce or disavow an opinion or a dogma formerly maintained; especially, to announce formally one's abandonment of a religious belief.

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

"Anyone with any knowledge of DV knows how often victims recant, which is why there are laws allowing police to prosecute them even in the absence of cooperation from the victim."

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