recant

English - Turkish

Definition of recant in English Turkish dictionary: sözünü geri al; -den dönmek; -i bırakmak; caymak; {f} dönmek; {f} fikrini değiştirmek; {f} vazgeçmek; {f} sözünü geri almak; bırakmak
recantation: cayma
recantation: sözünden dönme
recantation: vazgeçme
recantation: {i} sözünü geri alma

English - English

Definition of recant in English English dictionary: To withdraw from or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly
Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.; to withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained); To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall; {v} to retract an opinion, to recall; formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"; 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; If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past. White House officials ordered Williams to recant. a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy. to say publicly that you no longer have a political or religious belief that you had before (recantare, from cantare ); {f} give up, renounce; deny, disavow, retract
recantation: the act of recanting or something recanted
recantation: {n} the act of retracting an opinion
recanter: {n} one who recants or retracts
recantation: {i} act of giving up, renouncement; denial, disavowal, retraction
recantation: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
recantation: The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction
recanted: Past tense and past participle of to recant
recanter: One who recants
recanter: {i} one who gives up, one who renounces; one who denies, retractor, one who disavows
recanting: present participle of recant
recants: third-person singular of recant

recant

Hyphenation

re·cant

Turkish pronunciation

rikänt

Synonyms

disavow, retract, take back, unsay, abjure, abnegate, abrogate, annul, apostatize, back down, back off, back out, backtrack, call back, cancel

Antonyms

confirm, emphasize, recapitulate

Pronunciation

/rēˈkant/ /riːˈkænt/

Etymology

[ ri-'kant ] (verb.) 1535. 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”) + cantare (“to chant/sing”), frequentative of canere.