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Showing words for RECANT using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Recant

canter, carnet, centra, cranet, creant, cretan, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance

5 Letter Words for Recant

ancre, antre, arent, atren, caner, caret, carne, carte, cater, cerat, crane, crate, crena, creta, ecart, enact, nacre, rance, react, retan, terna, trace

4 Letter Words for Recant

acer, acne, acre, ance, anet, anre, ante, aren, aret, arte, cane, cant, care, carn, cart, cate, cent, cera, cern, cert, cran, earn, entr, erat, etna, nace, narc, nare, natr, near, neat, race, rane, rant, rate, rean, rect, rent, tace, taen, tane, tare, tarn, tean, tear, teca, tera, tern, trac, trna

3 Letter Words for Recant

ace, act, aer, anc, ane, ant, arc, are, arn, art, ate, can, car, cat, cen, cer, crt, cte, ctn, ctr, ean, ear, eat, ect, enc, era, ern, ert, eta, etc, nae, nar, nat, nea, net, ran, rat, rct, rea, rec, rna, rte, tan, tar, tea, tec, ten, ter, tra

Definitions for Recant

[1] to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
[2] to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc., especially formally.
[3] to repudiate or withdraw (a former belief or statement), esp formally in public

Words related to Recant

annul, revoke, backtrack, repudiate, contradict, renounce, disavow, renege, retract, disown, rescind, disclaim, deny, abnegate, welsh, recall, void, abjure, countermand, nullify

Words nearby Recant

recalesce, recalescence, recall, recamier, recanalization, recant, recap, recapitalization, recapitalize, recapitulate, recapitulation

Origin of Recant

1525–35; < Latin recantāre to sing back, sing again, equivalent to re- re- + cantāre, frequentative of canere to sing; cf. chant

Words that may be confused with Recant

recant, recount

Other words from Recant

re·can·ta·tion [ree-kan-tey -shuh n] /ˌri kænˈteɪ ʃən/ , noun
re·cant·er , noun
re·cant·ing·ly , adverb
un·re·cant·ed , adjective
un·re·cant·ing , adjective

Word origin for Recant

C16: from Latin recantāre to sing again, from re- + cantāre to sing; see chant

Synonyms for Recant

annul, back down, back off, backtrack, contradict, disavow, disown, renege, renounce, repudiate, rescind, retract, revoke, take back, abjure, abnegate, abrogate, apostatize, cancel, countermand, deny, disclaim, forswear, nullify, recall, repeal, unsay, void, welsh, withdraw, back out, call back, dial back, eat one's words, go back on one's word, weasel out, worm out of