Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to recant
Participle: recanted
Gerund: recanting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | recant |
| you | recant |
| he;she;it | recants |
| we | recant |
| you | recant |
| they | recant |
Perfect
| I | have recanted |
| you | have recanted |
| he;she;it | has recanted |
| we | have recanted |
| you | have recanted |
| they | have recanted |
Past
| I | recanted |
| you | recanted |
| he;she;it | recanted |
| we | recanted |
| you | recanted |
| they | recanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had recanted |
| you | had recanted |
| he;she;it | had recanted |
| we | had recanted |
| you | had recanted |
| they | had recanted |
Future
| I | will recant |
| you | will recant |
| he;she;it | will recant |
| we | will recant |
| you | will recant |
| they | will recant |
Future Perfect
| I | will have recanted |
| you | will have recanted |
| he;she;it | will have recanted |
| we | will have recanted |
| you | will have recanted |
| they | will have recanted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | recant |
| you | recant |
| he;she;it | recant |
| we | recant |
| you | recant |
| they | recant |
Perfect
| I | have recanted |
| you | have recanted |
| he;she;it | have recanted |
| we | have recanted |
| you | have recanted |
| they | have recanted |
Imperfect
| I | recanted |
| you | recanted |
| he;she;it | recanted |
| we | recanted |
| you | recanted |
| they | recanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had recanted |
| you | had recanted |
| he;she;it | had recanted |
| we | had recanted |
| you | had recanted |
| they | had recanted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would recant |
| you | would recant |
| he;she;it | would recant |
| we | would recant |
| you | would recant |
| they | would recant |
Perfect
| I | would have recanted |
| you | would have recanted |
| he;she;it | would have recanted |
| we | would have recanted |
| you | would have recanted |
| they | would have recanted |
Imperative
| you | recant |
| we | Let's recant |
| you | recant |
Verbs conjugated like 'recant'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'recant'
decant,
recan,
recane,
recast,
becast,
cant,
decan,
decunt,
descant,
incant,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to renounce upon oath
- abjure, repudiate
- take back
- withdraw
- to retract
- swallow
- retract one's words
- recall
- to take back or withdraw something one has said
- retract
- retract something said
- unsay
- to withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed
- abjure, disavow, disown, eat one's words, recall, retract, revoke, swallow, take back, unsay, unspeak, withcall, withdraw
- retract
- withdraw, abjure, disavow, rescind, disclaim, revoke
Antonyms
- to withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed
- affirm, aver, double down, maintain, stand firm, stand one's ground, uphold
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1535, from L.
recantare "recall, revoke," from
re- "back" +
cantare "to chant" (see cant (1)). A word from the Reformation. Loan-translation of Gk.
palinoidein "recant," from
palin "back" +
oeidein "to sing."
2. First attested in 1535, from Latin recantare (“to sing back, reecho, sing again, repeat in singing, recant, recall, revoke, charm back or away”), from re- (“back”) + canto (“to chant, to sing”), frequentative of cano. See: Latin '
recanto'.
Sample Sentences
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Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
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How soon […] ease would recant / Vows made in pain, as violent and void! [1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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But as Mr. Trump denounces what he describes as failures by the Washington establishment on China, Mr. Biden, an avatar of that establishment, is not recanting his past enthusiasm for engagement. [2020 September 6, “Joe Biden’s China Journey”, in New York Times:]