recanting
- present participle of recant.
Example Sentences
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Mandelson's comments go further than others in government in recanting previous criticism of Trump.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
That information, the recanting, was initially hidden from Glossip, and he only found out about it a few years ago.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2024
Autry met with Dr. Katie Spirko, a forensic and clinical neuropsychologist, and told her that he was recanting his trial testimony.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Smithline had time to refile her complaint, but instead turned on Wood a month later, recanting her allegations and accusing the actor and others of manipulating her into making false accusations against Manson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a hateful course of events to make sense of her complicity.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
