recant

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To withdraw from or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly

Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.

to withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained)
To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall
{v} to retract an opinion, to recall
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant
If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past. White House officials ordered Williams to recant. a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy. to say publicly that you no longer have a political or religious belief that you had before (recantare, from cantare )
{f} give up, renounce; deny, disavow, retract
recantation
the act of recanting or something recanted
recantation
{n} the act of retracting an opinion
recanter
{n} one who recants or retracts
recantation
{i} act of giving up, renouncement; denial, disavowal, retraction
recantation
a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
recantation
The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction
recanted
Past tense and past participle of to recant
recanter
One who recants
recanter
{i} one who gives up, one who renounces; one who denies, retractor, one who disavows
recanting
present participle of recant
recants
third-person singular of recant
recant