Definition of recant

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Recant (v. i.) 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..

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Undecide :: Undecide (v. t.) To reverse or recant, as a previous decision..
Unsay :: Unsay (v. t.) To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said..
Retractate :: Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion..
Abjure :: Abjure (v. t.) To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors..
Precant :: Precant (n.) One who prays.
Recant :: Recant (v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall..
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..
Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
Recanted :: Recanted (imp. & p. p.) of Recan.
Unswear :: Unswear (v. t.) To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure..
Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..
Amende :: Amende (n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
Recanter :: Recanter (n.) One who recants.
Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..
Recant :: Recant (v. i.) 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..
Recantation :: Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Recanting :: Recanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recan.
Abjuration :: Abjuration (n.) A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy..
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