recant vs recapitulate

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. 

recapitulate

verb
  • (biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development. 

  • To summarize or repeat in concise form. 

  • To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function). 

How often have the words recant and recapitulate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )