recanting
present participle ofrecant
recant
verb[IorT]
formaluk/rɪˈkænt/us/rɪˈkænt/toannounceinpublicthatyourpastbeliefsorstatementswerewrongand that you nolongeragreewith them:
After ayearspentinsolitaryconfinement, hepubliclyrecanted (hisviews).
Synonyms
abjureformal
retractformal
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- backtrack
- breath
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- counter-argue
- Dutchman
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the same breathidiom
- oxymoronic
- rebut
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- tergiversation
Examplesofrecanting
recanting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Behaviors that inhibit autonomy includerecantingwithout having been persuaded, overpersonalizing the argument, and using pressuring statements.
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But the fact that we still have to live this through is no excuse for repeating our errors, no excuse for notrecanting.
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It is no goodrecantingor explaining it away.
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They trot out totems, imagining that they expand the bounds of human freedom by merelyrecantingthem.
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Governments and central bankers are nowrecantingwith all the fervour of heretics about to be burnt at the stake.
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Whenrecantinga negative event, humans that receive intranasal oxytocin share more emotional details and stories with more emotional significance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Less than two months after they gave a press conference,recantingtheir earlier statements, the doctors were released, and reinstated in their profession.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The letter stressed that she was notrecantingher accusation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This defense requires that an individual admit to making a perjurious statement during that same proceeding andrecantingthe statement.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She continues to allege that the incident happened as reported, and that the police coerced her intorecantingher original statement.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was punished by being banished from the university untilrecanting, and the offending pages burnt.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Recantinghis allegations at the prompting of the bishop's agent, the floggings were stopped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His widow saved her live byrecantingthe heresies, and lived out her life in an abbey.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once released from sequestering, nine of the twelve jurors held a press conference publiclyrecantingtheir verdict and asking for leniency in sentencing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The enhanced reliability of the corroboration and the opportunity to cross-examine therecantingwitness was sufficient to remove much of the dangers associated with prior statements.
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