Retractate vs. Recant

Retractate and Recant Definitions
Retractate
(obsolete) To retract; to recant.
Recant
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
Retractate
To retract; to recant.
Recant
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.
Recant
(ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
Recant
To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.
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Recant
To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
How soon . . . ease would recantVows made in pain, as violent and void!
Recant
To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
Recant
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;
He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
She abjured her beliefs