recant
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Baroness Lawrence said: "Any person who expresses views like these and does not recant is an obvious danger to society and must remain in custody."
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025
Years later, he said he was pressured by the FBI to recant his story.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025
She withdrew the allegation later, but Trump's biographer points out that her alimony payments were likely in danger if she did not recant.
From Salon • May 1, 2023
According to a lawsuit Floyd Bledsoe filed in 2016, Jefferson County authorities persuaded Tom Bledsoe to recant his confession and “framed” his brother by hiding evidence of his innocence.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2023
He had refused to recant his heresies, including his belief in other inhabited worlds.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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