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[ ri-kant ] / rɪˈkænt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR recant ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract. verb (used without object)to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc., especially formally. Origin of recant1525–35; <Latin recantāre to sing back, sing again, equivalent to re-re- + cantāre, frequentative of canere to sing; cf. chant SYNONYMS FOR recant1 revoke, recall, rescind, deny. SEE SYNONYMS FOR recant ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM recantre·can·ta·tion [ree-kan-tey-shuhn], /ˌri kænˈteɪ ʃən/, nounre·cant·er, nounre·cant·ing·ly, adverbun·re·cant·ed, adjective un·re·cant·ing, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH recantrecant , recountDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for recantIt was the second time he recanted on campaign-finance reforms. ‘Oops,’ First Debate, ‘47 Percent’ & More 2012 Election Turning Points|Mark McKinnon|November 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST Nearly 10 years after her accusation of rape sent her father to prison, Casandra Kennedy recanted. Casandra Kennedy Recants Rape Charge Against Her Father, Freed After 9 Years|Winston Ross|April 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST Days later, he fired his lawyer, Percy Foreman and recanted, saying that a mysterious man named Raoul set him up. Did the Klan Kill MLK? A New Book Argues Wide Conspiracy|R.M. Schneiderman|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST This is the second time Obama has recanted on campaign-finance reforms. Obama’s Super PAC Hypocrisy: Giving Blessing to Priorities USA Action|Mark McKinnon|February 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Some of the above have recanted their early support of the war. Liberals Sold the Iraq War|Michael Moore|September 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST He remained a Sinn Feiner, if my memory is accurate, for about a week, and then recanted. Sinn Fein|P. S. O'Hegarty Had she kept still, he might have gone on; but she flung up her head with a glad cry and with a beaming face, and Hoyt recanted. The Mark of Cain|Carolyn Wells The Senate has revoked that bill; has retracted, recanted, and sung its palinode over that unfortunate conception. Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton If he recanted, he was absolved; if he persisted, he was at worst excommunicated. Short Studies on Great Subjects|James Anthony Froude He was tried, and recanted, while his writings were ordered to be burned. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III|Henry Charles Lea
British Dictionary definitions for recant
verbto repudiate or withdraw (a former belief or statement), esp formally in public Derived forms of recantrecantation (ˌriːkænˈteɪʃən), nounrecanter, nounWord Origin for recantC16: from Latin recantāre to sing again, from re- + cantāre to sing; see chant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to recantannul, revoke, backtrack, repudiate, contradict, renounce, disavow, back down, renege, retract, disown, take back, back off, rescind, disclaim, deny, abnegate, welsh, recall, void |