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• v  formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• Adam recanted his earlier story but his new story about suffering from an unknown disease convinced no one.
• Human rights activists are under pressure to recant anything good they have said about the rebels after it became known that the rebels were behind the horrendous carnage of Saturday.
• Galileo, was forced to recant the scientific truths he had once discovered.

• abjure
• forswear
• retract
• resile

News & Articles

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• Women sues police who failed to believe she was raped
  LYNNWOOD– A woman is suing a local police department after two police officers failed to believe a stranger broke into her apartment, gagged her and raped her in the summer of 2008, insisting she instead recant her story. According to …
  June 11, 2013 - Q13 FOX Seattle
• Prosecutor Fired for Using Facebook to Convince Alibi Witnesses to Change Their Stories
  A Cuyahoga County, Ohio prosecutor has been fired after admitting to using a fake Facebook profile in an attempt to persuade two key witnesses for the defense to recant their testimony. Aaron Brockler remains adamant that he did nothing wrong, …
  June 7, 2013 - WebProNews

Quotes

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• Mark Shurtleff in ABC News
  We've had them come out and make statements, and then they disappear, or they recant,Shurtleff said.
• Abraham Foxman in FOXNews
  This is another sham statement that doesn't recant any of his earlier remarks about the Holocaust,said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and a Holocaust survivor. "Bishop Williamson must unequivocally acknowledge the full extent of...
• Dick Durbin in Washington Post
  Here's a man who's been through rough sledding,said Durbin, D-Ill. "He's said some things on Capitol Hill he's had to recant. He has a staff who's said there are things being done at the Department of Justice that shouldn't be done, and...