recant

Questions about recant

What does recant mean?

recant means "formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure".

How many syllables are in recant?

recant has 2 syllables: re-cant. The stress falls on "cant". In IPA it is /ɹiˈkænt/.

What is another word for recant?

Close synonyms include abjure, forswear, retract, resile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is recant a common word?

recant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with recant?

3 words rhyme with recant. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.