Retractate vs. Recant

(obsolete) To retract; to recant.

To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).

To retract; to recant.

To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.

(ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.

To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.

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.

Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;