Definition of Recant. Meaning of Recant. Synonyms of Recant

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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 personal public act of denial of a previously published opinion or belief. It is derived from the Latin "re cantare", to re-sing. In...
- 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...
- 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...
- confessed to the alleged crimes, later recanting her confession, then recanting her recantation, and finally recanting that. This case became known because...
- burned alive if they did not recant, all except three — Jan van Essen, Hendrik Vos, and Lampertus Thornrecanted. The recanting monks were released but were...
- murder, though recanted his confessions of both crimes. Since his arrest, Hall has confessed to more than thirty-five murders, recanting them all. However...
- 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,...
- of Love, both of which were considered heresy. As Utenhoven declined to recant her religious beliefs, which were illegal under Catholic Habsburg rule,...
- dead, often attributed to Christian beliefs. In the second verse the jinn recant their belief in false gods and venerate Muhammad for his monotheism. The...
- 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...