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宣布放弃放弃信仰,撤消声明,公开认错

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recant \Re*cant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recanted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Recanting}.] [L. recantare, recantatum, to recall,
   recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d
   {Cant}, {Chant}.]
   To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions
   formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration;
   to take back openly; to retract; to recall.

         How soon . . . ease would recant Vows made in pain, as
         violent and void!                        --Milton.

   Syn: To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See
        {Renounce}.

Recant \Re*cant"\, v. i.
   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. --Dryden.

资料来源 : WordNet®

recant
     v : formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
         under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements
         about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: {abjure},
          {forswear}, {retract}, {resile}]