recant

• Verbo usado para indicar o ato de retratar-se formalmente ou abandonar publicamente uma declaração, crença ou opinião, muitas vezes sob pressão.

A verb used to indicate the act of formally withdrawing or renouncing a statement, belief, or opinion, often under pressure.

1. Withdraw a statementC1formal

   To publicly take back a previous statement, belief, or opinion, often under pressure.

   Retratar-se

   • The politician was forced to recant his earlier claims.
   • She recanted her testimony in court after being threatened.
   • The scientist recanted his theory after new evidence emerged.

   Sinônimosabjuredenydisavowrenouncerepudiateretracttake backwithdraw

   Antônimosaffirmassertavowconfirmdeclaremaintainuphold