Examples of recanted

• In these forums farmers routinely recanted, switching from pro to anti and back again, and charges of fraud were commonplace.

• But some linkage analyses have been found to be faulty and been recanted.

• The list goes on, and includes more than a few who recanted their uncritical enthusiasm in later years.

• While the majority of prisoners duly recanted their beliefs, those who could appeal to sympathetic gaolers or state officials found the prospects more propitious.

• After 1607 virtually all those who recanted officially before a bishop were required to take the oath of allegiance (though not necessarily the oath of supremacy).

• They have recanted, which is total hypocrisy and total opportunism.

• Ultimately, the health authority recanted on those proposals and the hospital was secured, along with the maternity unit.

• I believe that he has subsequently recanted on absolutely everything that he originally said.

• No doubt because of that clamour, the county recanted just a little.

• I shall look at the names of those people and see whether they have recanted.

• I understand that since then he has recanted and has let it be known that he did not understand the full ramifications of the dispute.

• Some of those who testified against him have recanted or contradicted themselves in their statements, which were obtained under police coercion.

• Admittedly, the majority of people in the health service never did support it, but even some of its former advocates have publicly recanted.

• Had he at any time recanted he might have been a free man again.

• Be that as it may, the overall endeavour is a move in the right direction and it is a pity that the socialists have recanted today.