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recantrecant /rɪˈkænt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYrecantOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin recantare, from cantare to sing VERB TABLErecant |
Present | I, you, we, they | recant | | he, she, it | recants | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | recanted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have recanted | | he, she, it | has recanted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had recanted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will recant | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have recanted |
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Present | I | am recanting | | he, she, it | is recanting | | you, we, they | are recanting | Past | I, he, she, it | was recanting | | you, we, they | were recanting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been recanting | | he, she, it | has been recanting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been recanting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be recanting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been recanting |
formal to say publicly that you no longer have a belief that you had before, especially a political or religious belief SYN retract: Galileo was forced to recant his belief in the Copernican theory.—recantation /ˌrikænˈteɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |