recant

[ ri-kant ]

/ rɪˈkænt /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR recant

1 revoke, recall, rescind, deny.

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Origin of recant

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

OTHER WORDS FROM recant

re·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 recant

recant , recount

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How to use recant in a sentence

Still, the recantation required Baur to notify a judge and let the courts decide it credible or not.
Casandra Kennedy Recants Rape Charge Against Her Father, Freed After 9 Years|Winston Ross|April 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Nevertheless, his recantation was a fall, and in the eyes of the scientific world perhaps greater than that of Bacon.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI|John Lord
But after his recantation his detention was made less severe and he was allowed many alleviations.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
A recantation would only add to the dishonour of the Church of Rome, and raise an universal cry of accusation against her.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2|J. H. Merle D'Aubign

The old man's voice trembled and he looked wistfully in Azora's face in hopes of seeing some sign of her recantation.
The Arab's Pledge|Edward L. Mitford
The recantation so given has to be confirmed a day or two later, under pain of a precisely similar ordeal.
Pioneers of Science|Oliver Lodge

British Dictionary definitions for recant

recant

/ (rɪˈkænt) /

verb

to repudiate or withdraw (a former belief or statement), esp formally in public

Derived forms of recant

recantation (ˌriːkænˈteɪʃən), nounrecanter, noun

Word Origin for recant

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

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