recanted

verb (used with object)

1. to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.

verb (used without object)

2. to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc., especially formally.

verb

1. to repudiate or withdraw (a former belief or statement), esp formally in public

v.

1530s, from Latin recantare “recall, revoke,” from re- “back” (see re-) + cantare “to chant” (see chant (v.)). A word from the Reformation. Loan-translation of Greek palinoidein “recant,” from palin “back” + oeidein “to sing.” Related: Recanted; recanting.