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

She said she decided to take responsibility for her lies in the Cox matter, and hired an attorney to formally recant.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

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

Editorials would demand that he either recant or retire from public life.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison