recant

verb

/rɪˈkænt/

[transitive, intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they recant	/rɪˈkænt/ /rɪˈkænt/
he / she / it recants	/rɪˈkænts/ /rɪˈkænts/
past simple recanted	/rɪˈkæntɪd/ /rɪˈkæntɪd/
past participle recanted	/rɪˈkæntɪd/ /rɪˈkæntɪd/
-ing form recanting	/rɪˈkæntɪŋ/ /rɪˈkæntɪŋ/

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recant (something) to say, often publicly, that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had before公开宣布放弃（原先的信仰、观点等）
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin recantare ‘revoke’, from re- (expressing reversal) + cantare ‘sing, chant’.