recanter
Noun

recanter (plural recanters)

  1. One who recants.
    • 2003, Alec Ryrie, The Gospel and Henry VIII (page 85)
      It is not merely that the recanters significantly outnumbered the martyrs. They were also a much more exalted company. None of those executed for heresy in this period were religious leaders of any great significance […]



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