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recant - Dictionary definition and meaning for recant

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 , retract

    I 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

    recant
    -tagged by learner_md
    Kareena Kapoor abjured all calorie loaded sweets to become size-zero.

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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."

    added by findktk    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) re + chant(sing): singing/telling again. what?? telling what i told earlier is wrong wrong!!

    added by tamaltanu    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) re+cant telling that it cant which means it is wrong and DISAVOWED, DISCLAIMED

    added by daringdavin    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: English) RECANT = when you REspond i CANĀ“T say it again, you're recanting what you've said before.

    added by cpinedo    editEdit Mnemonic

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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.

    added by joeytrib    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) RAJANIKANT.....actor....in his movies, when a criminal sees him, the criminal RECANTS after he is injured by RAJNIKANT

    added by nileshdive    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: global) becoz of "cant" i.e military pressure this cant be done or formaly rejected

    added by iet.saket@gmail.com    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) Re+cant=Reet(hindu religious law) cant be accepted.So i reject it.

    added by tuubow    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) When u recant something, u simply cant refrain from recalling and correcting what u said earlier.

    added by sujeethraj    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: english) RECANT=RECOUNT...when uapply for recount en pass..then already establishedfact that u failed...is put down!!

    added by ajitvarma    editEdit Mnemonic

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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!!

    added by ajitvarma    editEdit Mnemonic

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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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