Answer: recanted

AnswerCrossword Clue
RECANTEDDisavowed
RECANTEDTook back
RECANTEDDisavowed, as a confession
RECANTEDTook back one's words
RECANTEDRetracted.
RECANTEDDisavowed an opinion.
RECANTEDTook back.
RECANTEDAbjured.
RECANTEDTook back what one said.
RECANTEDWhat Galileo did: 1633
RECANTEDTook it all back
RECANTEDRetracted a belief
RECANTEDTook back one's story
recantedRECANT, to make a formal retraction
recantedto retract (a statement, opinion, etc.)