Crossword clues for recanted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recant \Re*cant"\ (r[-e]*k[a^]nt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.] [L. recantare, recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.] To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
How soon . . . ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void!
--Milton.
Syn: To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See Renounce.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: recant)
Usage examples of "recanted".
A man who recanted under torture was unlikely to backslide soon, and in time he might forget Aten, or at least find other interests.
This finding was later recanted by the FBI, who "decided" that it belonged to Levy.
Gary Lewis, the Journal Record pressman who was almost run over by McVeigh and John Doe 2, has now recanted his story.
Yet if he recanted, if he swore and believed that Aten were a false god, less worthy of worship than Marduk or Ishtar—Marduk with his corrupt priests, Ishtar with her harlots—then surely the priesthood of such a lowly god was also to be despised, and their demand wrong.
Though Morgan had quickly recanted that statement, the defense attorneys wanted the jury to hear Morgan, so that his account might at least raise reasonable doubt.
Other teenagers recanted their accusations, admitting later that they’d said only what they believed police wanted to hear.
Chairman Toure Bomoko, an Ulema of the Zensunnis and one of the fourteen delegates who never recanted ("The Fourteen Sages" of popular history), appeared to admit finally the C.