recant

recant

withdraw or disavow; revoke, rescind, deny: He recanted his confession.
Not to be confused with:cant – insincere; the private language of the underworld; phraseology peculiar to a particular class or profession: the cant of the fashion industry; whining or singsong speech, esp. of beggars; hypocrisy, sham, pretense, humbugcan't – contraction of cannot

re·cant

R0078600 (rĭ-kănt′)v. re·cant·ed, re·cant·ing, re·cants v.tr. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).v.intr. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.

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[Latin recantāre : re-, re- + cantāre, to sing, frequentative of canere; see kan- in Indo-European roots.]

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re′can·ta′tion (rē′kăn-tā′shən) n.re·cant′er n.

recant

(rɪˈkænt) vbto repudiate or withdraw (a former belief or statement), esp formally in public[C16: from Latin recantāre to sing again, from re- + cantāre to sing; see chant] recantation n reˈcanter n

re•cant

(rɪˈkænt)

v.t. 1. to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), esp. formally; retract. v.i. 2. to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc. [1525–35; < Latin recantāre to sing again] re•can•ta•tion (ˌri kænˈteɪ ʃən) n.

recant

- Can mean "sing again"; its usual meaning stresses the withdrawing or denying of something professed or taught.See also related terms for taught.

recant

Past participle: recanted
Gerund: recanting

Imperative
recant
recant

Present
I recant
you recant
he/she/it recants
we recant
you recant
they recant

Preterite
I recanted
you recanted
he/she/it recanted
we recanted
you recanted
they recanted

Present Continuous
I am recanting
you are recanting
he/she/it is recanting
we are recanting
you are recanting
they are recanting

Present Perfect
I have recanted
you have recanted
he/she/it has recanted
we have recanted
you have recanted
they have recanted

Past Continuous
I was recanting
you were recanting
he/she/it was recanting
we were recanting
you were recanting
they were recanting

Past Perfect
I had recanted
you had recanted
he/she/it had recanted
we had recanted
you had recanted
they had recanted

Future
I will recant
you will recant
he/she/it will recant
we will recant
you will recant
they will recant

Future Perfect
I will have recanted
you will have recanted
he/she/it will have recanted
we will have recanted
you will have recanted
they will have recanted

Future Continuous
I will be recanting
you will be recanting
he/she/it will be recanting
we will be recanting
you will be recanting
they will be recanting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been recanting
you have been recanting
he/she/it has been recanting
we have been recanting
you have been recanting
they have been recanting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been recanting
you will have been recanting
he/she/it will have been recanting
we will have been recanting
you will have been recanting
they will have been recanting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been recanting
you had been recanting
he/she/it had been recanting
we had been recanting
you had been recanting
they had been recanting

Conditional
I would recant
you would recant
he/she/it would recant
we would recant
you would recant
they would recant

Past Conditional
I would have recanted
you would have recanted
he/she/it would have recanted
we would have recanted
you would have recanted
they would have recanted

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

recant - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"abjure, forswear, retract, resilerepudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

recant

verb withdraw, take back, retract, disclaim, deny, recall, renounce, revoke, repudiate, renege, disown, disavow, forswear, abjure, unsay, apostatize a man who refused after torture to recant his heresy
insist, maintain, repeat, uphold, reiterate, reaffirm, profess, restate

recant

verbTo disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally:abjure, recall, retract, take back, withdraw.

Translations

abjurerripudiare