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    [Verb]  | "re*cant" | \ ri-ˈkant \


    1: to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce

    2: revoke

    3: to make an open confession of error


    Origin: 1535 ;

     Latin recantare, from re- + cantare to sing {mat|chant|};

    [Verb]  | "recants" 


    1: to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to);


      * e.g., " ... the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun "





    [Verb]  | "recant" 


    1: to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to);


      * e.g., " ... the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun "





     [ "recanting" ]

    1: When you can't even, then the situation comes up again so you can't even all over again.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm recanting over this English paper. 

     [ "recant" ]

    1: After Someone argue,give opinion,allege,and assist his or her thought, he or she does not accept or withdraw his or her previous comment or conviction.

      * e.g.,  ... Europian woman politician once said that she never support or give much privilege any woman-right's communities, but, just one week later, she recant her remarks on woman-right's association ,when addressing in front of the woman audience. 

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