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recant

verb

re·​cant ri-ˈkant How to pronounce recant (audio)
recanted; recanting; recants

transitive verb

1
: to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
2
: revoke

intransitive verb

: to make an open confession of error
recantation
ˌrē-ˌkan-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce recant (audio)
noun

Synonyms

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abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief.

abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath.

abjured the errors of his former faith

renounce may carry the meaning of disclaim or disown.

renounced abstract art and turned to portrait painting

forswear may add an implication of perjury or betrayal.

I cannot forswear my principles

recant stresses the withdrawing or denying of something professed or taught.

if they recant they will be spared

retract applies to the withdrawing of a promise, an offer, or an accusation.

the newspaper had to retract the story

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

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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The first known use of recant was in 1535

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