Ant. Deferential, compliant, docile, manageable, obedient, submissive, subservient, yielding, tractable, gentle, controllable, dutiful.
Recant. Retract, revoke, recall, abjure, disown, disavow, renounce.
Ant. Profess, confess, assert, declare, enunciate, maintain, hold; vindicate.
Reception. Admission, receipt; entertainment; acceptance, credence; welcome.
Ant. Rejection, dismissal, repudiation, denial, protest, renunciation, disavowal.
Recite. Describe, recapitulate, detail, number; repeat, deliver, rehearse; relate, narrate, recount; quote; count, enumerate, tell.
Ant. Misquote, garble, falsify, misrepresent, pervert; forget, fail.
Reckless. Mindless, negligent, thoughtless, regardless, unconcerned, inattentive, remiss, improvident, rash, inconsiderate.
Ant. Circumspect, careful, wary, thoughtful, mindful, attentive, considerate, provident, prudent, calculating.
Recognize. Acknowledge, confess, own, allow, concede, identify, avow.