HyperDic: recant

English > 1 sense of the word *recant*:
VERB	communication	recant, abjure, forswear, retract, resile	formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

recant > pronunciation
Sounds	riykae'nt
Rhymes	ant ... transplant: 24 rhymes with aent...

English > *recant*: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaning	formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	abjure, forswear, retract, resile
Broader	disown, renounce, repudiate	Cast off
Spanish	abjurar, renunciar, retractarse, retractar
Catalan	abjurar, retractar-se, retractar
Nouns	recantation	a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion