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Definition of Recant

Recant
Recant Re*cant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.] [L. recantare, recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.] To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall. How soon . . . ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void! --Milton. Syn: To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See Renounce.
Recant
Recant Re*cant", v. i. To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant. --Dryden.

Meaning of Recant from wikipedia

- Recantation is a public denial of a previously published opinion or belief. The word is derived from the Latin re cantare ("sing again"). It is related...
- and philosopher Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) in 1633 after being forced to recant his claims that the Earth moves around the Sun, rather than the converse...
- crown prince. According to one account, after the Báb's bastinado, he recanted his claims and provided a "sealed undertaking" that he would not repeat...
- technique used in the 17th century to coerce Christians ("Kiri****an") to recant their faith. The victim was hung head-down by the feet. Both ****anese and...
- alive if they did not recant, all except three — Jan van Essen, Hendrik Vos, and Lampertus Thornrecanted. Those who recanted were released but were...
- he recanted within a sixty-day period commencing upon the publication of the bull in Saxony and its neighboring regions. Luther refused to recant and...
- personally to Swift. However, in a November 2010 interview, he seemed to recant his past apologies, describing the act at the 2009 awards show as "selfless"...
- Leo X. In answer to questioning, he defended these views and refused to recant them. At the end of the diet, the Emperor issued the Edict of Worms (Wormser...
- pdf Crime Index Offenses Reported. FBI.gov. 1996 False Allegations, Recantations, and Unfounding in the Context of ****ual ****ault Archived 2011-07-27...
- raised beaches, but on return, newly married to a very religious lady, he recanted these ideas.(Browne 1995, pp. 186, 414) II. ^ In the section "Morphology"...