recant
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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In an excellent article on Nov. 29, Bloomberg’s John Gittelsohn and Prashant Gopal reported that some housing doomsayers are recanting their words.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 30, 2012