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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECANT

v.t.[L. recanto; re and canto. See Cant. ] To retract; to recall; to contradict a former declaration.
How soon would ease recant vows made in pain, as violent as void.

RECANT

v.i.To recall words; to revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said. Convince me I am wrong, and I will recant.

RECANTATION

n.The act of recalling; retraction; a declaration that contradicts a former one.

RECANTED

pp. Recalled; retracted.

RECANTER

n.One that recants.

RECANTING

ppr. Recalling; retracting.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECANT

Re *cant ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting. ]Etym: [L. recantare, recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant. ]

Defn: 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.

Defn: 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.

RECANTATION

RECANTATION Re `can *ta "tion, n.

Defn: The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction. The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation. Bp. Stillingfleet.

RECANTER

RECANTER Re *cant "er, n.

Defn: One who recants.

New American Oxford Dictionary

recant

re cant |riˈkant rəˈkænt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, esp. one considered heretical: heretics were burned if they would not recant | [ with obj. ] : Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun. DERIVATIVES re cant er noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin recantare ‘revoke, ’ from re- (expressing reversal ) + cantare ‘sing, chant. ’

recantation

re can ta tion |ˌrēˌkanˈtāSHən riːkænˈteɪʃn | ▶noun a statement that one no longer holds a particular opinion or belief; a retraction: every writer interprets Galileo's recantation in a different way.

Oxford Dictionary

recant

recant |rɪˈkant | ▶verb [ no obj. ] say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical: heretics were burned if they would not recant | [ with obj. ] : Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun. DERIVATIVES recanter noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin recantare ‘revoke ’, from re- (expressing reversal ) + cantare ‘sing, chant ’.

recantation

recantation |ˌriːkanˈteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a statement that one no longer holds a particular opinion or belief; a retraction: every writer interprets Galileo's recantation in a different way.

American Oxford Thesaurus

recant

recant verb 1 he was forced to recant his political beliefs: renounce, disavow, deny, repudiate, renege on; formal forswear, abjure. 2 he refused to recant: change one's mind, be apostate; rare tergiversate. 3 he recanted his testimony: retract, take back, withdraw, unsay. USAGE recant, recount Recant = publicly repudiate a previous statement, belief, or accusation. Recount = narrate a past event, esp. from personal experience. Recant sometimes erroneously displaces the similar-sounding recount —e.g.: “Dressed in a top hat and tails, Garrett chats with his riders and recants [read recounts ] tales of Weston's glory days. ” ( Des Moines Register; May 19, 2002.) The Oxford English Dictionary does give “recount ” as one sense of recant but labels it obsolete and rare. The most recent example is from 1611. Recant is best reserved for use with personal statements and public positions (think cant = sing ). Other words are better suited when the thing taken back is something other than words —e.g.: • “The state's consumer counsel has asked state regulators to recant [read reverse ] a recent decision under which she said Yankee Gas ratepayers would bear all of the costs of the company's proposed multimillion-dollar system expansion. ” ( Hartford Courant; Feb. 14, 2002.) • “Why do I feel like I'm listening to a deathbed confession by someone who's been a bastard all his life and suddenly, at the 11th hour, is terrified and wants to recant [read make up for or renounce? ] his evil ways?” ( Daily News Leader [Staunton, VA ]; Mar. 5, 2002.) Recant may be transitive (as in the first use in the following example ) or intransitive (as in the second ): “Police have a follow-up interview scheduled with Olowokandi's former girlfriend, Suzanne Ketcham, who says she plans to recant her original statements to them and a representative of the district attorney's special victims unit. ‘It's not unusual for victims of domestic abuse to recant, ’ Nilsson said. ” ( Los Angeles Times; Dec. 7, 2001.).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

recantation

recantation noun an unconvincing recantation: renunciation, renouncement, disavowal, denial, repudiation, retraction, withdrawal.

Oxford Thesaurus

recant

recant verb 1 he was forced to recant his position, and was subjected to imprisonment: renounce, forswear, disavow, deny, repudiate, renege on, abjure, relinquish, abandon; archaic forsake. ANTONYMS reaffirm. 2 he was charged with heresy, refused to recant, and was put to death: change one's mind, be apostate, defect, renege; rare apostatize, tergiversate. 3 he recanted his testimony: retract, take back, withdraw, disclaim, disown, recall, unsay.

recantation

recantation noun renunciation, renouncement, disavowal, denial, repudiation, retraction, withdrawal; apostasy; rare abjuration, retractation.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

recant

re cant /rɪkǽnt /動詞他動詞自動詞｟かたく｠(〈自説前言など〉を ) (公に )撤回する, 放棄する ; 改宗する .re cant a tion /rìːkæntéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞