recanted
v. 撤回(声明),放弃(信仰或主张)( recant的过去式和过去分词 )
If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past.
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。
...a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy.
受严刑折磨后仍拒绝放弃其异教信仰的人
She recanted her faith and became a Christian.
她宣布放弃原有信仰,成为一名基督徒.