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recant Tweet Definition of recant Like Definition of recant on Facebook
verb 
  1. To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
  2. To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
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    Etymology: First attested in w:1535, 1535, from Latin recantare revoke, from re- back + cantare to chant/sing.

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