Recanted
[ri-kant] /rɪˈkænt/
verb (used with object)
1.
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
verb (used without object)
2.
to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc., especially formally.
/rɪˈkænt/
verb
1.
to repudiate or withdraw (a former belief or statement), esp formally in public
v.
1530s, from Latin recantare “recall, revoke,” from re- “back” (see re-) + cantare “to chant” (see chant (v.)). A word from the Reformation. Loan-translation of Greek palinoidein “recant,” from palin “back” + oeidein “to sing.” Related: Recanted; recanting.
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