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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   recant
       v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
            under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about
            his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure,
            recant, forswear, retract, resile]