What does recant mean?
Definitions for recant
rɪˈkæntre·cant
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Princeton's WordNet
abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resileverb
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
Wiktionary
recantverb
To withdraw from or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
Etymology: First attested in 1535, from recantare, present active infinitive of recanto, from re- + canto, frequentative of cano.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To RECANTverb
To retract; to recall; to contradict what one has once said or done.
Etymology: recanto, Lat.
He shall do this, or else I do recant
The pardon that I late pronounced. William Shakespeare, Mer. of Ven.Ease would recant vows made in pain. John Milton.
If it be thought, that the praise of a translation consists in adding new beauties, I shall be willing to recant. Dryden.
That the legislature should have power to change the succession, whenever the necessities of the kingdom require, is so useful towards preserving our religion and liberty, that I know not how to recant. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
recant
Recantation means a personal public act of denial of a previously published opinion or belief. It is derived from the Latin "re cantare", to re-sing.
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recant
Recant refers to the act of withdrawing, retracting, or disavowing a previously held belief, statement, or claim, often formally or publicly. It typically involves admitting a change of one's opinion or stance.
Webster Dictionary
Recantverb
to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall
Recantverb
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
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Recant
rē-kant′, v.t. to withdraw (a former declaration): to retract.—v.i. to revoke a former declaration: to unsay what has been said, esp. to declare one's renunciation of a religious belief which one formerly maintained.—ns. Rēcantā′tion, act of recanting: a declaration contradicting a former one; Rēcant′er.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of recant in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of recant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of recant in a Sentence
They will try to force them to convert, and if they refuse, they are banned from their villages, unable to live with or see their families, when they refuse to recant their faith, they are expelled from the community.
Martin Luther, in front of his inquisitors at the Diet of Worms.:
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. God help me. Amen.
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