RECANTING

Verb

recanting

present participle of recant

Noun

recanting (plural recantings)

The act of one who recants; a retraction.

Anagrams

• cantering, nectaring, trangenic

Source: Wiktionary

RECANT

Re*cant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.] Etym: [L. recantare, recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.]

Definition: To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall. How soon . . . ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void! Milton.

Syn.

– To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See Renounce.

Re*cant", v. i.

Definition: 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. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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