recant /rɪˈkænt/ ( recanting, recanted, recants )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past. 公开放弃(信仰) [正式]

  例：

  White House officials ordered Williams to recant.

  白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。

  例：

  ...a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy.

  ...遭受酷刑后仍拒绝放弃其异教信仰的一名男子。