recant
11recant — UK [rɪˈkænt] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms recant : present tense I/you/we/they recant he/she/it recants present participle recanting past tense recanted past participle recanted formal 1) to say that something you said was not… …
12recant — verb /rəˈkænt/ To withdraw from or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly. Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant. Syn: disavow, retract, take back, unsay See Also …
13recant — verb (I, T) formal to say publicly that you no longer have a political or religious belief that you had before: Galileo was forced to recant his belief in the Copernican theory. recantation noun (C, U) …
14recant — verb Etymology: Latin recantare, from re + cantare to sing more at chant Date: 1535 transitive verb 1. to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly ; renounce 2. revoke intransitive verb to make an open confession of… …
15recant — recantation /ree kan tay sheuhn/, n. recanter, n. recantingly, adv. /ri kant /, v.t. 1. to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), esp. formally; retract. v.i. 2. to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc., esp. formally. [1525… …
16recant — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, belie, brush aside, cancel, cede, chuck, chuck out, climb down, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert,… …
17recant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. withdraw, take back, renounce, retract, disavow, repudiate. See penitence, nullification II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. retract, revoke, renounce, disavow, disclaim, abjure, deny, take back, cancel, back… …
18recant — re|cant [rıˈkænt] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: recantare, from cantare to sing ] formal to say publicly that you no longer have a political or religious belief that you had before >recantation [ˌri:kænˈteıʃən] n [U and C] …
19recant — re|cant [ rı kænt ] verb intransitive or transitive FORMAL 1. ) to say that something you said was not true: He later recanted his confession. 2. ) to state publicly that you no longer believe something, especially that you no longer have a… …
20recant — re·cant || rɪ kænt v. give up, renounce; deny, disavow, retract …
