recants
- present tense form of recant (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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“It recants some of the language in their letter, which I never adopted.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022
She fearfully recants, and is charged with false reporting.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2019
Consequently, sales of the fluoride-free toothpaste he promotes might decline if he recants his bogus claim that fluoridated water causes cancer and stunts the brains of children.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2018
Unless Ayala recants her statement not to seek the death penalty, none of the cases will be returned to her office, Tupps said.
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2017
Sometimes though, for the women, they’re for a nun who recants.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
