recant

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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