- recant⇄noun recanter.
- recant⇄recant, transitive verb.
1. to take back formally or publicly; withdraw or renounce (as a statement, opinion, or purpose).
Ex. The critics of the government publicly recanted their errors.
2. to retract (as a promise or oath).
3. - recant⇄v.i. to renounce an opinion or allegiance.
Ex. Though he was tortured to make him change his religion, the prisoner would not recant. ... a bill ... which would make the threat of perjury more real and thus make it infinitely more dangerous to rec