0 present participle of recant
1 to announce in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them:
The enhanced reliability of the corroboration and the opportunity to cross-examine the recanting witness was sufficient to remove much of the dangers associated with prior statements.
Once released from sequestering, nine of the twelve jurors held a press conference publicly recanting their verdict and asking for leniency in sentencing.
His widow saved her live by recanting the heresies, and lived out her life in an abbey.
Recanting his allegations at the prompting of the bishop's agent, the floggings were stopped.
He was punished by being banished from the university until recanting, and the offending pages burnt.
She continues to allege that the incident happened as reported, and that the police coerced her into recanting her original statement.
This defense requires that an individual admit to making a perjurious statement during that same proceeding and recanting the statement.
The letter stressed that she was not recanting her accusation.
