RECANT
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion", "She abjured her beliefs"
synonyms : abjure , forswear , resile , retractI abjured to eat junk food for lifetime due to its ill-effects on my health and weight. -added by priyavanjeri
He foreswore cigarettes as his New Year's resolution. -added by nithi
Kareena Kapoor abjured all calorie loaded sweets to become size-zero.
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Mnemonics for recant
(Tag: Boss to Junior) RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = "I have told you this AGAIN and AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it has been REJECTED."
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(Tag: ) re + chant(sing): singing/telling again. what?? telling what i told earlier is wrong wrong!!
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(Tag: ) re+cant telling that it cant which means it is wrong and DISAVOWED, DISCLAIMED
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(Tag: English) RECANT = when you REspond i CAN“T say it again, you're recanting what you've said before.
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(Tag: ) recant means to publicly take back. DECANT means to pour out.RECANT means to pour in back..that is to take back and confess.
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(Tag: ) RAJANIKANT.....actor....in his movies, when a criminal sees him, the criminal RECANTS after he is injured by RAJNIKANT
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(Tag: global) becoz of "cant" i.e military pressure this cant be done or formaly rejected
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(Tag: ) Re+cant=Reet(hindu religious law) cant be accepted.So i reject it.
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(Tag: ) When u recant something, u simply cant refrain from recalling and correcting what u said earlier.
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(Tag: english) RECANT=RECOUNT...when uapply for recount en pass..then already establishedfact that u failed...is put down!!
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(Tag: ) As Decant is to empty.. similarly recant is to fill back again .. or we may say that we are taking in wht was decanted before..
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(Tag: english) RECANT=RECOUNT...when uapply for recount en pass..then already establishedfact that u failed...is put down!!
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(Tag: ) Re earlier said he Wreck Ant but now Re can't??
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(Tag: ) when we decant, we make something pure...
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