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Definition of recant in English: recantverb rɪˈkantrəˈkænt [no object]Say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical. 放弃主张（或信仰，尤指被视为异端的主教或信仰） heretics were burned if they would not recant 异教徒不肯放弃信仰就被烧死。 with object Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun 伽利略被迫放弃地球围绕太阳转的断言。 Example sentencesExamples - Some of their key witnesses are dead, others are badly discredited and still others have recanted.
- But not one of Jesus's early disciples who believed that they had met Jesus after the resurrection ever recanted.
- He is getting crosser and crosser with Sir John for failing to recant.
- Galileo Galilei, the most prominent of these, was jailed and forced to recant that the earth revolved around the sun.
- He initially backed them up but later recanted, telling prosecutors there was no agreement.
- It is possible that at the approach of senescence he may recant, forgive his enemies, make his peace with the world and become a benevolent father to his nation.
- Right after saying this, he was taken indoors and told to recant, which he did publicly, an act of humiliation that reinforced his earlier comment.
- He may have recanted on the hard-line economics, but people here still regard him as one of the leaders of the English party.
- And I don't think he has worked with her, ever, so I recant what I said before.
- Court documents and medical records indicate that she would say she was suicidal or that her father beat her, and then she would recant.
- If they had any sense of decency they would recant and resign.
- This woman received over 100 phone calls a day, urging her to recant.
- Given the choice to recant, martyrs chose instead to face their murderers and stand in witness to their beliefs.
- The fact that he recanted in time to not lie under oath should, in fact, have reflected well on him.
- Again I think you spoke in haste, and I hereby give you the opportunity to recant.
- He could think of nothing he had ever written that he would not eagerly recant.
- It reminds me a little bit of the Welsh side of my family who a generation back refused to learn Welsh or take Welsh culture seriously, and are now recanting.
- To his credit, he was quick to recant, offering an unconditional apology.
- He admitted his role in the kidnapping during his first court appearance on February 14 but later recanted.
- So far he has failed to recant on his support for the war, despite the absence of those weapons.
Synonyms renounce, forswear, disavow, deny, repudiate, renege on, abjure, relinquish, abandon archaic forsake change one's mind, be apostate, defect, renege rare apostatize, tergiversate retract, take back, withdraw, disclaim, disown, recall, unsay
Derivativesnoun rɪˈkantərəˈkæn(t)ər As for the recanters who have accused someone of sexual abuse and then said it wasn't true - each case must be evaluated separately and independently. Example sentencesExamples - That, of course, brings the number of recanters to three.
- Such recanters often retained a substantial element of Anabaptist thought and ethic.
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin recantare 'revoke', from re- (expressing reversal) + cantare 'sing, chant'. Definition of recant in US English: recantverbrəˈkantrəˈkænt [no object]Say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical. 放弃主张（或信仰，尤指被视为异端的主教或信仰） heretics were burned if they would not recant 异教徒不肯放弃信仰就被烧死。 with object Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun 伽利略被迫放弃地球围绕太阳转的断言。 Example sentencesExamples - So far he has failed to recant on his support for the war, despite the absence of those weapons.
- Again I think you spoke in haste, and I hereby give you the opportunity to recant.
- But not one of Jesus's early disciples who believed that they had met Jesus after the resurrection ever recanted.
- To his credit, he was quick to recant, offering an unconditional apology.
- The fact that he recanted in time to not lie under oath should, in fact, have reflected well on him.
- Some of their key witnesses are dead, others are badly discredited and still others have recanted.
- He may have recanted on the hard-line economics, but people here still regard him as one of the leaders of the English party.
- He could think of nothing he had ever written that he would not eagerly recant.
- He is getting crosser and crosser with Sir John for failing to recant.
- Court documents and medical records indicate that she would say she was suicidal or that her father beat her, and then she would recant.
- If they had any sense of decency they would recant and resign.
- Galileo Galilei, the most prominent of these, was jailed and forced to recant that the earth revolved around the sun.
- And I don't think he has worked with her, ever, so I recant what I said before.
- He admitted his role in the kidnapping during his first court appearance on February 14 but later recanted.
- It reminds me a little bit of the Welsh side of my family who a generation back refused to learn Welsh or take Welsh culture seriously, and are now recanting.
- It is possible that at the approach of senescence he may recant, forgive his enemies, make his peace with the world and become a benevolent father to his nation.
- Given the choice to recant, martyrs chose instead to face their murderers and stand in witness to their beliefs.
- This woman received over 100 phone calls a day, urging her to recant.
- He initially backed them up but later recanted, telling prosecutors there was no agreement.
- Right after saying this, he was taken indoors and told to recant, which he did publicly, an act of humiliation that reinforced his earlier comment.
Synonyms renounce, forswear, disavow, deny, repudiate, renege on, abjure, relinquish, abandon change one's mind, be apostate, defect, renege retract, take back, withdraw, disclaim, disown, recall, unsay
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin recantare ‘revoke’, from re- (expressing reversal) + cantare ‘sing, chant’. |