Recanting

At the time of Valentine’s trial in 1994, prosecutor Michael Pepper argued that Higgins and Coleman were recanting their accusations only because they were afraid of retaliation for putting Valentine behind bars.

Chaudhry also detailed the alleged evidence, which she said includes video footage from the site of the reported incident, testimony from eyewitnesses, and two written statements from the woman recanting the allegations.

Luistro then asked Espenido if he was recanting his allegations against De Lima.

Further afield, jihadists in Afghanistan, Nigeria and elsewhere show no sign of recanting allegiance, and intelligence services say IS devotees in the West might plot new attacks.

He went as far as to spill the beans to Tom’s sister Emma before recanting his entire story and claiming to be hacked.

It’s based on the An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” in which an 18-year-old girl reports her assault only to be called a liar by the police, who coerce her into recanting.

I’ve been asked to recant the song and it’s like, I’m not recanting the song.

Many victims who agree to testify end up recanting, withdrawing their public statement, before their offender is sentenced.

He asked to be exempted from recanting doctrines which he had never taught; others, which the assembly considered erroneous, he was not willing to revoke; to act differently would be against his conscience.

Muslim sources say a by-product of the agreement was the recanting of Islam by many Christians who had been forced to convert under Al-Hakim's persecutions.