recant

Questions about recant

What is another word for recant?

It depends which recant you mean. In the sense “formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure”, the synonyms are abjure, forswear, retract, resile. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of recant?

WordNet records no antonym for recant. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for recant come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of recant

• Full entry for recantAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
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