| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·cant |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -k nt |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: re·cant·ed, re·cant·ing, re·cants
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself). | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin recant re : re-, re- + cantre, to sing, frequentative of canere; see kan- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | re can·tation (r kn-tsh n) —NOUN
re·canter —NOUN
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