retractate means to retract; to recant. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From Latin retractatus, past participle of retractare. See retract.
verb
- To retract; to recant.“St. Augustines authoritie you let slip denying him a fit Maister to follow, you say he might retractate this, but neither you doe nor can show that he did retractate it.”