recanter
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Related to recanter: raconteur
re·cant
(rĭ-kănt′)v. re·cant·ed, re·cant·ing, re·cants
v.tr.
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
v.intr.
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.
[Latin recantāre : re-, re- + cantāre, to sing, frequentative of canere; see kan- in Indo-European roots.]
re′can·ta′tion (rē′kăn-tā′shən) n.
re·cant′er n.