recants
					英 [rɪˈkænts]  美 [rɪˈkænts]
					美 [rɪˈkænts]  
					v.  公开宣布放弃(原先的信仰、观点等)
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										- VERB 公开放弃(信仰或意见)
 If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past.- White House officials ordered Williams to recant.
 白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。
- ...a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy.
 受严刑折磨后仍拒绝放弃其异教信仰的人