Direction: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
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To take back, withdraw or renounce
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- repent
- retrace
- refuse
- recant
Correct Option: D
recant (V.) : to say, often publicly, that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had before
repent (V.) : to feel/show that you are sorry for something bad/ wrong that you have done
retrace (V.) : to go back along exactly the same path or route that you have come along
refuse (V.) : to say that you will not do something that somebody has asked you to do
