RECANT

recant (ri-kant), vb.1. To withdraw or renounce (prior statements or testimony) formally or

publicly <the prosecution hoped the eyewitness wouldn’t recant her corroborating testimony on

the stand>.2. To withdraw or renounce prior statements or testimony formally or publicly <under

grueling cross-examination, the witness recanted>. — recantation,n. [Blacks Law 8^th]