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Definition of recant verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

recant

verb

NAmE//rɪˈkænt//

[transitive, intransitive] recant (something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they recant

he / she / it recants

past simple recanted

-ing form recanting

to say, often publicly, that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had before

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recantation

NAmE//ˌrikænˈteɪʃn//

noun [countable, uncountable] He made a public recantation of all his former beliefs.See recant in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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