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recant
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
recants; recanted; recanting
recants; recanted; recanting
Learner's definition of RECANT
formal
: to publicly say that you no longer have an opinion or belief that you once had公开宣布放弃（原来的观点或信仰）
[no object]
- Church officials asked the minister/priest to recant.教会官员们要求那位牧师公开放弃以往的信仰。
[+ object]
- Witnesses threatened to recant their testimony when the court released their names to the paper.法院把证人的名字透露给报社后，证人们威胁要公开撤回证词。
recanted; recanting; recants
: to make an open confession of error
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Church officials asked the minister to recant. Witnesses threatened to recant their testimony when the court released their names to the paper.
Recent Examples on the Web Consider the case of Francis Spira, a 16th-century Venetian lawyer who converted to Protestantism only to recant under intense pressure from the Catholic Church. 
Lucinda Robb, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Instead, an aide to Ramzan Kadyrov, the autocrat who runs Chechnya, berated them at length on television as ingrates and forced them to recant. BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022 Instead, an aide to Ramzan Kadyrov, the autocrat who runs Chechnya, berated them at length on television as ingrates and forced them to recant. New York Times, 10 July 2022 In one such scene, the camera rolled as Jackson watched Edward Vernon, the witness whose testimony effectively sealed Jackson’s conviction, recant his testimony for the first time. cleveland, 9 June 2022 Still, the Fed was reluctant to recant and act . . . Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 May 2022 The case had been built on the testimony of a sole eyewitness who later tried to recant her testimony. Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 The case had been built on the testimony of a sole eyewitness who later tried to recant her testimony. Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 The lawsuit also said that Hough was offered $20,000 once in exchange for signing a prepared statement that would recant her rape accusation. Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 12 Jan. 2022 See More
Lucinda Robb, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Instead, an aide to Ramzan Kadyrov, the autocrat who runs Chechnya, berated them at length on television as ingrates and forced them to recant. BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022 Instead, an aide to Ramzan Kadyrov, the autocrat who runs Chechnya, berated them at length on television as ingrates and forced them to recant. New York Times, 10 July 2022 In one such scene, the camera rolled as Jackson watched Edward Vernon, the witness whose testimony effectively sealed Jackson’s conviction, recant his testimony for the first time. cleveland, 9 June 2022 Still, the Fed was reluctant to recant and act . . . Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 May 2022 The case had been built on the testimony of a sole eyewitness who later tried to recant her testimony. Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 The case had been built on the testimony of a sole eyewitness who later tried to recant her testimony. Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 The lawsuit also said that Hough was offered $20,000 once in exchange for signing a prepared statement that would recant her rape accusation. Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 12 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin recantare, from re- + cantare to sing — more at chant
First Known Use
1535, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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