Associations to the word «Recant»
Noun
- Heresy
- Galileo
- Heretic
- Testimony
- Confession
- Inquisition
- Torture
- Luther
- Accusation
- Allegation
- Statement
- Coercion
- Witness
- Refusal
- Toole
- Persecution
- Imprisonment
- Pseudo
- Stake
- Lied
- Detainee
- Faith
- Scaffold
- Belief
- Denial
- Bourgeois
- Accused
- Edict
- Templar
- Error
- Prosecution
- Convert
- Doctrine
- Repeal
- Worm
- Execution
- Innocence
- Conscience
- Prison
- Pope
- Trial
- Subsistence
- Diet
- Rape
- Brock
- Gong
- Conviction
- Christian
- Sentence
- Custody
- Protestant
- Martyr
- Investigator
- Claim
- Prosecutor
- Scripture
- Opinion
- Murder
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
RECANT, verb. (ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
Dictionary definition
RECANT, verb. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.