Give up and Recant

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Give up

Give up verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
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Recant and give up are semantically related. in abandon topic. In some cases you can use "Recant" instead a verb "Give up", when it comes to topics like withdraw, back down, back off.

Recant

Recant verb - To solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to).
Usage example: the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun
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Give up and recant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Give up" instead a verb "Recant".
Nearby Words: recantation, recanting

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  • Considering the authorities' entire goal was to get the students to give up Spock—one of those "recant or die" ultimatums—and this was more of a gesture of defiance than anything else... which is typically Romulan, not Vulcan, so one assumes the students still had much to learn.
    Source: I Am Spartacus
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