recanted

Meaning of recanted

verb, past tense
  1. say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical.
    heretics were burned if they would not recant
    Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun

mid 16th century: from Latin recantare ‘revoke’, from re- (expressing reversal) + cantare ‘sing, chant’.

Information about recanted

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of recanted

re-canted

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • recanted is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

recanted synonyms

Meaning formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession):

renounce

Meaning agree to give up or do without:

forswear

Meaning deny any responsibility or support for:

disavow

Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:

deny

Meaning refuse to accept; reject:

repudiate

Meaning solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim):

abjure

Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:

relinquish

Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:

abandon

Meaning abandon or leave:

forsake

Meaning a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:

defect

Meaning go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract:

renege

Meaning renounce a religious or political belief or principle:

apostatize

Meaning make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate:

tergiversate

Meaning withdraw (a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified:

retract

Meaning say that (a statement one has made) is untrue or unjustified:

withdraw

Meaning refuse to acknowledge; deny:

disclaim

Meaning refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with:

disown

Meaning bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind; remember:

recall

Meaning withdraw or retract (a statement):

unsay

recanted antonyms

Meaning state again strongly:

reaffirm

Anagrams of recanted

cantered, crenated, decanter, nectared

Words that rhyme with recanted

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