Examples of 'recant' in a sentence

Meaning of "recant"

recant (verb) - To recant means to publicly take back or withdraw a statement or belief
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  • 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.

How to use "recant" in a sentence

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You will publicly recant your statement.
Recant the curse you give my kind.
He would not recant his allegiance to this.
Defense counsel will call that a recant.
Get this woman to recant before it prints.
The captain is the third witness to recant.
Get your man to recant his statement.
He has allegedly been tortured to force him to recant.
I will recant my offer if you do not approve.
I want to get him to recant his testimony.
Recant or we will abandon you to the secular power.
They seldom deny or recant abuse allegations.
Recant your story and give us a new statement.
Your refusal to recant came as rather a shock.
You get this woman to recant.

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We needed him to recant his testimony.
Maybe he can convince her to recant.
Stomtonovich can recant all he wants.
His brother will not recant.
So they forced him to recant in the second book.
And now you want to recant.
Heard you want to recant your earlier statements.
You need to go to your sister immediately and recant.
They admonished him to recant his claims.
I hope you recant your fault as soon as possible.
Sarmiento likewise refuse to recant his editorials.
You say the recant statement does not exist.
Especially if he could get him to recant his testimony.
He refused to recant and was subsequently burnt.
I can not and will not recant anything.
You must recant before a witness.
And they asked you to recant the rape.
I will recant my testimony against you.
Purpose is to get monks to recant their beliefs.
Have to recant part of my earlier post.
And they are not gonna recant like mindy.
He was brought up on charges and forced to recant.
I would like to recant my earlier assessment.
Anyone accused of blasphemy has three days to recant.
She agreed to recant her story.
Not unless you are willing to recant.
You got to recant your testimony.
Because if you have no beliefs to recant.
He refused to recant regardless of the pressure.
The government forced him to recant that claim.
He began to recant his prior testimony.
So if we get one of those witnesses to recant.
Those who did not recant after torture disappeared.
And then sometimes they recant.
They refused to recant to save themselves.

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