Meaning of the word recant in English

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recant

US /rɪˈkænt/
UK /rɪˈkænt/

Verb

1.

to announce in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them:

Example:
After a year spent in solitary confinement, he publicly recanted (his views).
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