All recant synonyms

verb recant

• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• draw in — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• beg off — to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
• cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
• leave out — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
• go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
• forfend — to defend, secure, or protect.
• abjure — If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
• countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
• get cold feet — (Idiomatic) VI to become nervous or anxious and reconsider a decision about an upcoming event.
• give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• blow off — If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
• be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
• call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
• disavow — to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
• counterorder — An order (command) made in opposition to a previous one.
• counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
• change one's mind — to alter one's decision or opinion
• call in — If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
• forget it — certainly not
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
• chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
• backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
• fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
• nixing — nothing.
• back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
• back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
• forswear — to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
• withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
• give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• nig — nidge.
• eat one's words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
• disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
• make for — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.