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Synonyms for re canting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-kant
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkænt

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Définition of re canting

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin recantare "recall, revoke," from re- "back" (see re-) + cantare "to chant" (see chant (v.)). A word from the Reformation. Loan-translation of Greek palinoidein "recant," from palin "back" + oeidein "to sing." Related: Recanted; recanting.
  • As in kill : verb turn off; cancel
  • As in back down : verb back off
  • As in recall : verb ask for return of offending thing
  • As in recant : verb take back something said
  • As in back out : verb withdraw
  • As in renounce : verb abandon, reject
  • As in repudiate : verb reject; turn one's back on
  • As in retract : verb take back; renege on
  • As in revoke : verb take back; cancel
  • As in rule out : verb exclude, reject
  • As in take back : verb retract
  • As in vitiate : verb cancel
  • As in withdraw : verb retract; declare void
  • As in cancel : verb equal out
  • As in chicken out : verb back down
  • As in abjure : verb give up
  • As in deny : verb disagree, renounce, decline
  • As in disclaim : verb deny
  • As in forswear : verb abandon, disavow

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