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Word: Recant
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin recantare ‘revoke’, from re- (expressing reversal) + cantare ‘sing, chant’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rɪˈkant
Dialects: British English
Definition:
say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical
Short Definition:say that one no longer holds opinion or belief
Examples:- heretics were burned if they would not recant
- Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun
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