英语词汇“recantation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

recantrecant /rɪˈkænt/ verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYrecant

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin recantare, from cantare to sing

VERB TABLE

recant

Simple Form
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

Continuous Form
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]