re·cant 
(rĭ-kănt)
(rĭ-kănt)v. re·cant·ed, re·cant·ing, re·cants
v.tr.
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
v.intr.
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.
[Latin recantāre : re-, re- + cantāre, to sing, frequentative of canere; see kan- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
re′can·tation (rē′kăn-tāshən) n.
re·canter n.
- unreflectingly
- unreflective
- unreflectively
- unregenerable
- unregeneracy
- unregenerate
- unregenerately
- unrehearsed
- unrelenting
- unrelentingly
- unreliability
- unreliable
- unreliableness
- unreliably
- unrelieved
- unrelievedly
- unreligious
- unremarkable
- unremarkably
- unremarked
- unremitting
- unremittingly
- unremittingness
- unrepentant
- unrepentantly