recant
verb [ I or T ] formal uk/rɪˈkænt/ us/rɪˈkænt/
公开宣布放弃（以前的信仰）
to announce in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them
After a year spent in solitary confinement, he publicly recanted (his views). 在被单独监禁了一年后，他公开宣布放弃（他的观点）。
Synonyms: abjure retract