recants

英[rɪ'kænt] 美[rɪ'kænt]
  • v.放弃主张;撤回;公开宣布
recantation recanted recanted recanting recants
Verb:
  1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;

    "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"
    "She abjured her beliefs"

    1. The torture can not make the man recant.
      拷问者不能使那个人放弃他的主张。
    2. Though he was forced to change his religion,he would not recant.
      虽然强迫他改变宗教信仰,但他绝不改变。