recant
[ri-kant]
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.
RELATED WORDS
about-face, denial, revocation, recall, abrogation, abjuration, contradiction, annulment, abnegation, reversal, withdrawal, nullification, repudiation, disclaimer, disavowal, volte-face, palinode
Origin of recant
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Examples from the Web for recantation
Contemporary Examples of recantation
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 YearsWinston Ross
April 10, 2012
Historical Examples of recantation
He persevered in Calvinism after the recantation of the King.
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, CompleteMadame La Marquise De Montespan
Becoming, however, sensible of his error, he publicly renounced his recantation.
Fox's Book of MartyrsJohn Foxe
You say this slavery business is to last until I make my recantation?
Little Miss GrouchSamuel Hopkins Adams
With regard to the recantation, however, let me say at once, I shall not sign it!
History of the Moravian ChurchJ. E. Hutton
He was restored to his pleasant quarters in Newgate, and recanted his recantation.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other StoriesAndrew Lang
recant
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Word Origin for recant
C16: from Latin recantāre to sing again, from re- + cantāre to sing; see chant
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