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recant
What does recant mean?
recant (verb): to withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use recant in a sentence?
- Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce recant?
/ɹiˈkænt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does recant come from?
First attested in 1535, from Latin recantare (“to sing back, reecho, sing again, repeat in singing, recant, recall, revoke, charm back or away”), from re- (“back”) + canto (“to chant, to sing”), frequentative of cano.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of recant?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “recant” mean?
to withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly
Right! That's what “recant” means.
to suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed
Not quite: that's what ache means.
to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else
Not quite: that's what subsume means.
to discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute
Not quite: that's what debunk means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “recant”?
retract
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abolish
Not quite: abolish means something else.
shuffle
Not quite: shuffle means something else.
concede
Not quite: concede means something else.
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