View synonyms for recant

recant

[ ri-kant ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
Synonyms: deny, rescind, recall, revoke

recant

/ ˌriːkænˈteɪʃən; rɪˈkænt /

Origin of recant¹

1525–35; < Latin recantāre to sing back, sing again, equivalent to re- re- + cantāre, frequentative of canere to sing; chant

Origin of recant¹

C16: from Latin recantāre to sing again, from re- + cantāre to sing; see chant

However, she has since refused to recant her story and stands by her original claim.

A great opinion prevailed that he was about to recant; others thought that he wanted further time.

It was not too late, he would recant, and go back and enter the Church, and become a great and powerful prelate.

He shall do this; or else I do recant The pardon that I late pronouncèd here.

He was required to recant, to abjure the doctrines he had taught; not in private, but publicly before the world.

He did not like the idea of being alone, and if he did not formally recant in so many words, he did so by his actions.

Browse