Definition of Recanting. Meaning of Recanting. Synonyms of Recanting

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Definition of Recanting

Recanting
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.

Meaning of Recanting 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...
- murder, though recanted his confessions of both crimes. Since his arrest, Hall has confessed to more than thirty-five murders, recanting them all. However...
- testified against Frank and confessed to crimes, later recanting her confession, then recanting her recantation before reversing her account again. Fuster has...
- 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...
- he told the police he saw the slaying. In 2014, in a signed affidavit recanting his testimony, Vernon said he was coerced by the police into testifying...
- confessed to murdering 20 additional people in four other states before recanting. He has never been charged in any other murders, and the credibility of...
- were notorious for confessing to crimes that they had committed and then recanting. In 2007, according to allegations that earned widespread publicity, Jeffrey...
- 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...
- (April 17, 2015). "'Suge' Knight prosecutor uses time-tested strategy on recanting witness". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 December 2018. "Athens Park...
- also lived at Rome in the reign of Hyginus; by confessing his errors and recanting, he succeeded in obtaining readmission into the Church but eventually...