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recant
(encz) | recant,odvolat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Recant
(gcide) | Recant \Re*cant"\, v. i.
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. --Dryden.
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Recant
(gcide) | Recant \Re*cant"\ (r[-e]*k[a^]nt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.] [L. recantare,
recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to
sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.]
To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions
formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration;
to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
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How soon . . . ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void! --Milton.
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Syn: To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See
Renounce.
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recant
(wn) | recant
v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about
his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure,
recant, forswear, retract, resile] |
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recantation
(mass) | recantation
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recant
(encz) | recant,odvolat v: Zdeněk Brož |
recantation
(encz) | recantation,odvolání n: Zdeněk Brožrecantation,zřeknutí se Zdeněk Brož |
Precant
(gcide) | Precant \Pre"cant\, n. [L. precans, -antis, p. pr. of precari to
pray.]
One who prays. [R.] --Coleridge.
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Recantation
(gcide) | Recantation \Re`can*ta"tion\ (r[=e]`k[a^]n*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former
one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction;
retraction.
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The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and
forced to make a public recantation. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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Recanted
(gcide) | Recant \Re*cant"\ (r[-e]*k[a^]nt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.] [L. recantare,
recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to
sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.]
To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions
formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration;
to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
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How soon . . . ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void! --Milton.
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Syn: To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See
Renounce.
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Recanter
(gcide) | Recanter \Re*cant"er\ (r[-e]*k[a^]nt"[~e]r), n.
One who recants.
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Recanting
(gcide) | Recant \Re*cant"\ (r[-e]*k[a^]nt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.] [L. recantare,
recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to
sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.]
To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions
formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration;
to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
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How soon . . . ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void! --Milton.
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Syn: To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See
Renounce.
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recant
(wn) | recant
v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about
his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure,
recant, forswear, retract, resile] |
recantation
(wn) | recantation
n 1: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn:
retraction, abjuration, recantation] |
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