Associations to the word «Recant»

Wiktionary

RECANT, verb. (ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

Dictionary definition

RECANT, verb. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King