What is "recants"

Usage examples of "recants".

If she recants her deeds against us, I might even give her back her old job.

In any event, whether the shapely wench recants or not, I'm going to keep her here for good.

He is jailed, and he shall remain jailed until such time as he recants his position on this matter, publicly, and forsakes this ludicrous idea of traveling to Mithral Hall.

These begin innocuously enough with headings such as “Arenas of Gentlemanly Debate” and “Unraveling the Greywacke,” but then proceed on to “The Greywacke Defended and Attacked,” “Reproofs and Recriminations,” “The Spread of Ugly Rumors,” “Weaver Recants His Heresy,” “Putting a Provincial in His Place,” and (in case there was any doubt that this was war) “Murchison Opens the Rhineland Campaign.

A usurper who yields and recants has a greater claim on the Emperor's mercy than one who persists in his treason.