abjure (v)
recant (v)
forswear (v)
retract (v)
resile (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
examples He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
She abjured her beliefs
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym disown, renounce, repudiate
Derivationally related form retract → retraction
Derivationally related form forswear → forswearing
Derivationally related form recant → recantation
Derivationally related form abjure → abjuration
Derivationally related form abjure → abjurer
Incoming links
Derivationally related form forswearing → forswear
Derivationally related form recantation → recant
Derivationally related form abjuration → abjure
Derivationally related form retraction → retract
Derivationally related form abjurer → abjure
Hyponym disown, renounce, repudiate

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