Reverse Dictionary: RECANT

ADJECTIVES
1602 — PALINODICAL making a recantation → obs.
1813 — PALINODIAL of the nature of a recantation

NOUNS
1583 — PALINODY a recantation or retraction, esp. of a formal kind
1604 — PALINODE a recantation, retraction, or withdrawal of a statement

VERBS
1450 — RENAY to recant an opinion, esp. a heretical one → obs.
1597 — RESILE to make a retraction, to recant
1847 — PALINODE to recant or withdraw a statement → obs.
1901 — EAT THE GREASER to swallow one’s word; to recant → US sl.
1913 — TAKE YOUR BACK TRACKS to recant, to retract, to acknowledge error → Amer. dial. (Bk.)