recanting

Definitions

The act of formally rejecting or disavowing a previously held belief, opinion, or statement.

Withdrawing or retracting a prior assertion or testimony, often under pressure or due to a change of heart.

Examples

The witness surprised the court by recanting her previous testimony regarding the suspect's whereabouts.

After facing intense public pressure, the politician issued a statement recanting his controversial remarks about the new policy.

Synonyms

retracting withdrawing renouncing repudiating abjuring revoking denying

Antonyms

affirming asserting maintaining upholding avowing confirming endorsing