Definition of "recanted" [recanted]

• Simple past tense and past participle of recant. (verb)

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• "The boys, now ages 18 and 22, recanted from the witness stand their earlier allegations of abuse against their father."
• "He later "recanted" after an extremist group publicly stated they were going to assassinate him."
• "Some more recent headlines indicate that Dallaire subsequently "recanted" but then they go on to quote him and sure enough - he didn't."