Category: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 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.