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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
  2. v. To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To sing over again; utter repeatedly in song.
  2. To unsay; contradict or withdraw formally (something which one had previously asserted); renounce; disavow; retract: as, to recant one's opinion or profession of faith.
  3. Synonyms Abjure, Forswear, etc. See renounce.
  4. To revoke a declaration or proposition; unsay what has been said; renounce or disavow an opinion or a dogma formerly maintained; especially, to announce formally one's abandonment of a religious belief.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive, intransitive To withdraw from or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
  2. v. To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Etymologies

  1. First attested in 1535, from Latin recantare, present active infinitive of recanto ("to sing back, reecho, sing again, repeat in singing, recant, recall, revoke, charm back or away"), from re- ("back") + canto ("to chant, to sing"), frequentative of cano. (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin recantāre : re-, re- + cantāre, to sing, frequentative of canere; see kan- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (9)

Words with the same meaning

  1. revoke
  1. disown
  1. recall
  1. abjure
  1. disavow
  1. retract
  1. renounce
  1. take back
  1. unsay

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. repudiate
  1. disown
  1. renounce

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. burnt
  2. established
  3. unbodied
  4. tradable
  1. well-acquainted
  2. prepubescent
  3. writable
  4. hag-ridden
  1. belittle
  2. hands
  3. inflict
  4. death-bringing
  1. self-refuting
  2. englished
  3. die
  4. theuse
  1. well-advised
  2. called
  3. cognizable
  4. searchable
  1. addrest
  2. unsay

rhymes (35)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Ant
  2. Brandt
  3. Brant
  4. Grant
  5. Kant
  6. Levant
  7. Quant
  1. ant
  2. aunt
  3. brant
  4. cant
  5. chant
  6. dant
  7. decant
  1. enchant
  2. gant
  3. grant
  4. implant
  5. incant
  6. lant
  7. levant
  1. pant
  2. plant
  3. quant
  4. rant
  5. replant
  6. sant
  7. scant
  1. slant
  2. stant
  3. supplant
  4. tant
  5. transplant
  6. trant
  7. zant

reverse dictionary (21)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. recant
  2. palinode
  3. unpreach
  4. unsay
  1. unsing
  2. unspeak
  3. unswear
  4. unthank
  1. Latimer
  2. Worms
  3. abjure
  4. retractate
  1. Polycarp
  2. saint polycarp
  3. St. Polycarp
  4. retract
  1. swallow
  2. undecide
  3. forswear
  4. recall
  1. revoke

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  • Prolagus I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.
    (Martin Luther) Mar 18, 2008

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