Recant definition
To withdraw or renounce (beliefs or statements formerly held), esp. in a formal or public manner.
verb
To recant is to publicly take back something you said or to state that you no longer believe something in which you once believed.
When you say that you no longer hold the religious beliefs you did in the past, this is an example of a situation where you recant.
verb
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.
verb
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
verb
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Origin of recant
- Latin recantāre re- re- cantāre to sing frequentative of canere kan- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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