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Definition of Recants

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 Recants 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...
- murder, though recanted his confessions of both crimes. Since his arrest, Hall has confessed to more than thirty-five murders, recanting them all. However...
- second book is available entitled The Babylon Connection? in which Woodrow recants and re****es his views previously presented in Babylon Mystery Religion...
- Retrieved 12 November 2024. "Another Scholar Recants". Arab News. 2003-11-23. Retrieved 2024-11-12. "Al-Khaldi Recants Controversial Fatwas". Arab News. 2003-12-15...
- in 1951 with the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco, ****an does not recant on its claims that the Liancourt Rocks are ****anese territory. In 2009,...
- original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019. "C-Murder Witness Recants Testimony, Says He Was Pressured Into Identifying Rapper as Shooter". Billboard...
- 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...
- 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...