recant
verb /rɪˈkænt/
/rɪˈkænt/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they recant | /rɪˈkænt/ /rɪˈkænt/ |
| he / she / it recants | /rɪˈkænts/ /rɪˈkænts/ |
| past simple recanted | /rɪˈkæntɪd/ /rɪˈkæntɪd/ |
| past participle recanted | /rɪˈkæntɪd/ /rɪˈkæntɪd/ |
| -ing form recanting | /rɪˈkæntɪŋ/ /rɪˈkæntɪŋ/ |
- recant (something) to say, often publicly, that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had beforeWord Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin recantare ‘revoke’, from re- (expressing reversal) + cantare ‘sing, chant’.