Definition of "recants" [recants]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recant. (verb)

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• "The complainant it’s starting to look like “rape victim” is no longer a properly descriptive term recants part of her testimony, and the DNA analysts apparently conspired with the District Attorney to withhold exclupatory evidence."
• "The complainant it’s starting to look like “rape victim” is no longer a properly descriptive term recants part of her testimony"
• "At first, police thought they may have had something, but then the guy, Mullins, recants -- in other words, takes back a confession."