recanted
Meaning of recanted
verb, past tense
- 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
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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):
Meaning agree to give up or do without:
Meaning deny any responsibility or support for:
Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim):
Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:
Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:
Meaning abandon or leave:
Meaning a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:
Meaning go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract:
Meaning renounce a religious or political belief or principle:
Meaning make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate:
Meaning withdraw (a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified:
Meaning say that (a statement one has made) is untrue or unjustified:
Meaning refuse to acknowledge; deny:
Meaning refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with:
Meaning bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind; remember:
Meaning withdraw or retract (a statement):
recanted antonyms
Meaning state again strongly:
Anagrams of recanted
cantered, crenated, decanter, nectared
Words that rhyme with recanted
allotransplanted, anted, askanted, assistanted, ballanted, banted, brillianted, canted, chanted, covenanted, danted, decanted, descanted, discanted, disenchanted, displanted, dranted, enchanted, explanted, galavanted, galivanted, gallanted, gallivanted, ganted, granted, hanted, implanted, incanted, interplanted, kanted, levanted, merchanted, misplanted, mordanted, nonwarranted, overplanted, pageanted, panted, pendanted, planted, quanted, ranted, regranted, reimplanted, replanted, retransplanted, scanted, servanted, slanted, supplanted
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