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Detailed Synonyms for recant in English

recant:

to recant verbe (recants, recanted, recanting)

  1. to recant
    to revoke; to recall; to repeal; to reverse; to recant
    • revoke verbe (revokes, revoked, revoking)
    • recall verbe (recalls, recalled, recalling)
    • repeal verbe (repeals, repealed, repealing)
    • reverse verbe (reverses, reversed, reversing)
    • recant verbe (recants, recanted, recanting)
  2. to recant
    to suppress; to revoke; to withhold; to subdue; to retract; keep in control; to recant; to keep back; to pulverize; to take back; to rub fine; to crush; to pulverise
    • suppress verbe (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
    • revoke verbe (revokes, revoked, revoking)
    • withhold verbe (withholds, withheld, withholding)
    • subdue verbe (subdues, subdued, subdueing)
    • retract verbe (retracts, retracted, retracting)
    • recant verbe (recants, recanted, recanting)
    • keep back verbe (keeps back, kept back, keeping back)
    • pulverize verbe, américain (pulverizes, pulverized, pulverizing)
    • take back verbe (takes back, took back, taking back)
    • rub fine verbe (rubs fine, rubbed fine, rubbing fine)
    • crush verbe (crushes, crushed, crushing)
    • pulverise verbe, britannique
  3. to recant
    – formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure 1
    to retract; to recant; to abjure; resile; forswear
    – formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure 1
    • retract verbe (retracts, retracted, retracting)
      • He retracted his earlier statements about his religion1
    • recant verbe (recants, recanted, recanting)
    • abjure verbe (abjures, abjured, abjuring)
      • She abjured her beliefs1
    • resile verbe
    • forswear verbe

Conjugations for recant:

present
  1. recant
  2. recant
  3. recants
  4. recant
  5. recant
  6. recant
simple past
  1. recanted
  2. recanted
  3. recanted
  4. recanted
  5. recanted
  6. recanted
present perfect
  1. have recanted
  2. have recanted
  3. has recanted
  4. have recanted
  5. have recanted
  6. have recanted
past continuous
  1. was recanting
  2. were recanting
  3. was recanting
  4. were recanting
  5. were recanting
  6. were recanting
future
  1. shall recant
  2. will recant
  3. will recant
  4. shall recant
  5. will recant
  6. will recant
continuous present
  1. am recanting
  2. are recanting
  3. is recanting
  4. are recanting
  5. are recanting
  6. are recanting
subjunctive
  1. be recanted
  2. be recanted
  3. be recanted
  4. be recanted
  5. be recanted
  6. be recanted
diverse
  1. recant!
  2. let's recant!
  3. recanted
  4. recanting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "recant":

  • recanting

Alternate Synonyms for "recant":


Related Definitions for "recant":

  1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure1