invalidate vs recant

invalidate

verb
  • To render invalid; discredit. 

  • To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law. 

  • To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove. 

recant

verb
  • To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly. 

  • To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve. 

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