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recant
/ ˌriːkænˈteɪʃən; rɪˈkænt /
verb
- to repudiate or withdraw (a former belief or statement), esp formally in public
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Derived Forms
- recantation, noun
- reˈcanter, noun
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Other Words From
- re·can·ta·tion [ree-kan-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- re·canter noun
- re·canting·ly adverb
- unre·canted adjective
- unre·canting adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of recant1
C16: from Latin recantāre to sing again, from re- + cantāre to sing; see chant
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Example Sentences
However, she has since refused to recant her story and stands by her original claim.
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A great opinion prevailed that he was about to recant; others thought that he wanted further time.
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It was not too late, he would recant, and go back and enter the Church, and become a great and powerful prelate.
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He shall do this; or else I do recant The pardon that I late pronouncèd here.
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He was required to recant, to abjure the doctrines he had taught; not in private, but publicly before the world.
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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.
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