verb (v)

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  abjure, forswear, resile, retract
  

  source: wordnet30
• To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.(verb)

  source: webster1913