recanter
11heretic — n 1. dissenter, nonconformist, seceder; renounces abjurer, repudiator, rejecter; deserter, renegade, apostate, recreant, defector, traitor; bolter, turncoat, retractor, recanter; tergiversator, straddler. 2. nonbeliever, disbeliever, unbeliever,… …
12renegade — n 1. defector, turncoat, recreant, ter giversator, Archaic. renegado; deserter, forsaker, ab dicator, abdicant; dropout, seceder, quitter, departer, leaver, bolter, runaway; traitor, betrayer, Inf. double crosser, Inf. double dealer, Sl. ratter,… …
13recant — /rəˈkænt / (say ruh kant) verb (t) 1. to withdraw or disavow (a statement, etc.), especially formally; retract. –verb (i) 2. to disavow an opinion, etc., especially formally. {Latin recantāre} –recantation /rikænˈteɪʃən/ (say reekan tayshuhn),… …
14recant — [ri kant′] vt., vi. [L recantare < re , back, again + cantare, freq. of canere, to sing: see CHANT] to withdraw or renounce (beliefs or statements formerly held), esp. in a formal or public manner recantation [rē΄kan tā′shən] n. recanter n …
15recant — v. 1 tr. withdraw and renounce (a former belief or statement) as erroneous or heretical. 2 intr. disavow a former opinion, esp. with a public confession of error. Derivatives: recantation n. recanter n. Etymology: L recantare revoke (as RE ,… …
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