Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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recant

vb. 1. To withdraw or renounce (prior statements or testimony) formally or publicly <the prosecution hoped the eyewitness wouldn't recant her corroborating testimony on the stand>. 2. To withdraw or renounce prior statements or testimony formally or publicly <under grueling cross-examination, the witness recanted>. - recantation, n.