recantation

Questions about recantation

What does recantation mean?

recantation means "a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion".

How many syllables are in recantation?

recantation has 4 syllables: rec-an-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛkənˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for recantation?

Close synonyms include retraction, abjuration. 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 recantation a common word?

recantation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 recantation?

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