• v.
    ⦿formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
    lexical concept
  • He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
  • She abjured her beliefs

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:abjure
  2. enl:forswear
  3. enl:recant
  4. enl:resile
  5. enl:retract
wn:interlingual indexili:i25670

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • abjureforswearrecantretract
  • abjureforswearrecantresileretract