Synonyms for Recant:

• n.

  •
  • capitulate,
  • convert,
  • adapt,
  • revise,
  • move on,
  • see reason/sense,
  • change your mind,
  • move with the times,
  • backpedal.
  •back out (noun)
  • back.
  •retract (noun)
  • call back,
  • be of another mind.

• v.

  •abjure (verb)
  • re canted,
  • abstaining from,
  • abstained from,
  • re-canted,
  • re-canting,
  • re canting.
  •back down (verb)
  • re signed,
  • re treating,
  • withdraws from agreement statement,
  • re signing,
  • caved in,
  • re treated,
  • sur-render,
  • re-treat,
  • re coil,
  • re-signing,
  • re-treating,
  • hath no fight left,
  • re coils,
  • hast no fight left,
  • re treat,
  • re-treats,
  • re signs,
  • wimped out,
  • begged off,
  • had no fight left,
  • hadst no fight left,
  • re-signed,
  • re-coiled,
  • begging off,
  • re treats,
  • sur-rendered,
  • re coiled,
  • sur rendering,
  • re-signs,
  • re-coil,
  • re-treated,
  • having no fight left,
  • re coiling,
  • wimps out,
  • sur-rendering,
  • wimping out,
  • sur render,
  • withdraw from agreement statement,
  • begs off,
  • withdrew from agreement or statement,
  • Re sign,
  • re-coils,
  • re-sign,
  • withdraws from agreement or statement,
  • sur rendered,
  • re-coiling,
  • withdrew from agreement statement,
  • has no fight left,
  • withdrawing from agreement or statement,
  • sur-renders,
  • sur renders,
  • withdrawing from agreement statement,
  • gave ground,
  • haddest no fight left.
  •back out (verb)
  • throwing towel,
  • blowing it off,
  • blows off,
  • wormed out,
  • throwing in towel,
  • gets cold feet,
  • throws towel,
  • throws in the towel,
  • throws the towel,
  • worming out,
  • threw towel,
  • threw in the towel,
  • throw towel,
  • shies from,
  • throwing the towel,
  • blows it off,
  • blew it off,
  • shying from,
  • throw the towel,
  • weasels out,
  • gat cold feet,
  • throws in towel,
  • gotten cold feet,
  • wiggled out,
  • blew off,
  • got cold feet,
  • weaseling out,
  • wiggles out,
  • shied from,
  • blowing off,
  • getting cold feet,
  • threw the towel,
  • worms out,
  • wiggling out,
  • threw in towel,
  • weaseled out.
  •cancel (verb)
  • counter poise,
  • declaring invalid,
  • dis-charging,
  • counter-checks,
  • makes up for,
  • counter balanced,
  • re pealing,
  • balancing out,
  • re-deems,
  • renders inert,
  • re-deem,
  • over-threw,
  • counter-acting,
  • counter poises,
  • over-throw,
  • in-validating,
  • counter checking,
  • over-throwing,
  • in validating,
  • counter-poise,
  • dis charging,
  • re peal,
  • in validate,
  • counter act,
  • rendering inert,
  • renders null void,
  • counter acting,
  • balanced out,
  • re-dresses,
  • rendered inert,
  • counter-act,
  • dis-cards,
  • dis-carded,
  • renders null and void,
  • makes for,
  • re deeming,
  • dis charges,
  • in validates,
  • in-validates,
  • over-thrown,
  • re-pealed,
  • over-throws,
  • re-peal,
  • re pealed,
  • re deemed,
  • compensates for,
  • re dressing,
  • in-validate,
  • re dress,
  • putting an end to,
  • Counterchecked,
  • over throw,
  • puts an end to,
  • making up for,
  • counter balancing,
  • re-dressed,
  • re dressed,
  • counter-checking,
  • counter-balanced,
  • sets aside,
  • counter-check,
  • over throwing,
  • counter poising,
  • dis-charged,
  • counter poised,
  • rendering null and void,
  • render null void,
  • puts end to,
  • declares invalid,
  • over thrown,
  • re peals,
  • rendering null void,
  • dis-carding,
  • dis carding,
  • re deems,
  • balances out,
  • rendered null and void,
  • counter-poising,
  • re dresses,
  • re deem,
  • counter acts,
  • counter balances,
  • counter-checked,
  • dis-charges,
  • counter checked,
  • counter-poises,
  • counter-balancing,
  • re-pealing,
  • in validated,
  • in-validated,
  • counter check,
  • dis carded,
  • counter-poised,
  • over threw,
  • counter-acts,
  • dis cards,
  • counter checks,
  • counter-acted,
  • dis charge,
  • re-deeming,
  • dis card,
  • re-dressing,
  • re-dress,
  • counter acted,
  • dis-card,
  • re-peals,
  • rendered null void,
  • over throws,
  • dis-charge,
  • putting end to,
  • counter balance,
  • dis charged.
  •chicken out (verb)
  • had no stomach for,
  • funked out,
  • turned yellow,
  • turns yellow,
  • haddest no stomach for,
  • funking out,
  • hadst no stomach for,
  • has no stomach for,
  • having no stomach for,
  • hast no stomach for,
  • funks out,
  • hath no stomach for,
  • gives way.
  •deny (verb)
  • be grudge,
  • dis allowed,
  • dis allow,
  • re fused,
  • re fuse,
  • re buff,
  • re buffs,
  • dis avowed,
  • dis-owning,
  • re-strained,
  • dis-avows,
  • dis-proved,
  • re-fuse,
  • be-grudging,
  • enjoins from,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • not buying,
  • dis credits,
  • dis believed,
  • re-butted,
  • dis-proving,
  • dis-proves,
  • re butting,
  • dis-avowed,
  • with held,
  • with-held,
  • takes exception to,
  • dis acknowledges,
  • dis acknowledge,
  • dis credit,
  • dis-acknowledging,
  • re-straining,
  • re-buffed,
  • dis believing,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • dis-acknowledge,
  • says no to,
  • dis-acknowledges,
  • with-holds,
  • not buys,
  • dis-believed,
  • dis prove,
  • dis avows,
  • dis believes,
  • re-buffing,
  • dis-believing,
  • be-grudges,
  • dis-allowing,
  • re fusing,
  • dis crediting,
  • with hold,
  • be grudged,
  • dis-prove,
  • dis proves,
  • dis-crediting,
  • with-hold,
  • re-strains,
  • calls on,
  • dis allowing,
  • dis avow,
  • dis-credits,
  • re butted,
  • dis credited,
  • with holding,
  • re straining,
  • saying no to,
  • dis-credited,
  • re buffed,
  • re fuses,
  • be-grudged,
  • dis acknowledged,
  • took exception to,
  • enjoined from,
  • dis-allow,
  • re-strain,
  • dis proving,
  • dis-believes,
  • be grudges,
  • be-grudge,
  • said no to,
  • taking exception to,
  • with holds,
  • dis-avowing,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • re buffing,
  • re-buffs,
  • dis-avow,
  • dis acknowledging,
  • dis-allowed,
  • be grudging,
  • dis owning,
  • enjoining from,
  • dis believe,
  • re strained,
  • dis owned,
  • re-butting,
  • dis proved,
  • re strain,
  • re strains,
  • dis-credit,
  • dis-allows,
  • not bought,
  • dis-owned,
  • dis allows,
  • re-fused,
  • dis-believe,
  • dis-acknowledged,
  • dis avowing.
  •disclaim (verb)
  • dis claim,
  • washing hands of,
  • de clines,
  • dis-affirms,
  • dis-claiming,
  • divorces oneself from,
  • de-cline,
  • dis affirmed,
  • divorcing from,
  • dis affirming,
  • divorced oneself from,
  • dis-claim,
  • dis-affirm,
  • de-clines,
  • turning back on,
  • washes hands of,
  • be-littles,
  • washed hands of,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • divorces from,
  • de cline,
  • dis claims,
  • dis affirm,
  • dis claimed,
  • divorcing oneself from,
  • be littles,
  • turns back on,
  • dis affirms,
  • divorced from,
  • dis-affirming,
  • dis claiming,
  • dis-claimed,
  • be-little,
  • dis-claims.
  •forswear (verb)
  • sware off,
  • swore off,
  • swears off.
  •kill (verb)
  • de feat,
  • de feats,
  • de aden,
  • de-adens,
  • de-aden,
  • nixed,
  • de-feat,
  • de-feats,
  • de adens.
  •recall (verb)
  • dis-mantled,
  • un-say,
  • dis mantles,
  • dis-mantles,
  • calling in,
  • un say,
  • un-says,
  • re-calling,
  • re-calls,
  • dis qualifying,
  • dis-qualifies,
  • re calls,
  • dis-qualified,
  • re versing,
  • dis missed,
  • re-verse,
  • un says,
  • palinoding,
  • un-saying,
  • dis qualifies,
  • re verse,
  • palinoded,
  • re-versed,
  • dis-mantling,
  • dis-qualifying,
  • dis-qualify,
  • dis-mantle,
  • un saying,
  • dis-missing,
  • re call,
  • dis missing,
  • re called,
  • dis mantle,
  • dis qualified,
  • re-called,
  • calls in,
  • dis mantling,
  • dis mantled,
  • dis qualify,
  • re calling,
  • dis-missed,
  • re-call.
  •renounce (verb)
  • de sert,
  • left flat,
  • tost over,
  • leaved flat,
  • tergiversed,
  • apostacizes,
  • tossed over,
  • took pledge,
  • take pledge,
  • taking the pledge,
  • de-sert,
  • tergiversing,
  • apostacized,
  • taking pledge,
  • tossing over,
  • takes the pledge,
  • apostacizing,
  • leaves flat,
  • tergiverses,
  • takes pledge,
  • leaving flat,
  • tosses over.
  •repudiate (verb)
  • flying in the face of,
  • dis-honor,
  • de-faulted,
  • dis inherits,
  • dis-approved,
  • de faults,
  • dis approve,
  • de-faults,
  • washed ones hands of,
  • wast against,
  • dis approving,
  • flies in the face of,
  • washes ones hands of,
  • de faulted,
  • dis-inheriting,
  • washed one hands of,
  • dis inherit,
  • wash ones hands of,
  • are against,
  • dis-honors,
  • fly the face of,
  • wert against,
  • de-faulting,
  • washing one's hands of,
  • washing ones hands of,
  • being against,
  • washing one hands of,
  • flying the face of,
  • dis-inherit,
  • flew in the face of,
  • dis honor,
  • flew face of,
  • flew in face of,
  • were against,
  • wash one hands of,
  • dis-honoring,
  • dis-inherits,
  • de fault,
  • dis-inherited,
  • was against,
  • dis-approving,
  • re probating,
  • dis honored,
  • am against,
  • dis-approves,
  • art against,
  • re probate,
  • dis-approve,
  • washes one hands of,
  • flying face of,
  • dis approves,
  • de-fault,
  • dis-honored,
  • dis honors,
  • flew the face of,
  • re-probated,
  • flies the face of,
  • washed one's hands of,
  • flies face of,
  • re-probate,
  • re-probates,
  • washes one's hands of,
  • de faulting,
  • fly face of,
  • dis honoring,
  • dis inheriting,
  • dis inherited,
  • dis approved,
  • flying in face of.
  •retract (verb)
  • ate words,
  • reeling in,
  • retro grade,
  • backing out of,
  • hast change of heart,
  • eats ones words,
  • eating one words,
  • retro-ceding,
  • re-tract,
  • changes one's mind,
  • retro-graded,
  • changes one mind,
  • nigged,
  • changes ones mind,
  • backed out of,
  • changing ones mind,
  • hast change heart,
  • ate ones words,
  • ate one's words,
  • eats words,
  • change ones mind,
  • eats one words,
  • hath change of heart,
  • have change heart,
  • hath change heart,
  • having change heart,
  • eats one's words,
  • eating ones words,
  • forgat it,
  • forgets it,
  • had change of heart,
  • re-tracts,
  • has change of heart,
  • had change heart,
  • retro-cede,
  • reels in,
  • changed ones mind,
  • drawing in,
  • retro cede,
  • reeled in,
  • re cedes,
  • hadst change of heart,
  • eating words,
  • re-cede,
  • changes mind,
  • re ceding,
  • retro grades,
  • changing mind,
  • forgot it,
  • forgetting it,
  • re-cedes,
  • retro ceded,
  • re tract,
  • nigging,
  • has change heart,
  • changed one mind,
  • change one mind,
  • retro ceding,
  • eat ones words,
  • retro-cedes,
  • draws in,
  • re tracts,
  • retro cedes,
  • retro grading,
  • re-ceding,
  • retro-grading,
  • eat one words,
  • haddest change heart,
  • backs out of,
  • retro-grades,
  • eat words,
  • changed one's mind,
  • changed mind,
  • re-ceded,
  • changing one's mind,
  • retro-ceded,
  • ate one words,
  • changing one mind,
  • retro graded,
  • haddest change of heart,
  • hadst change heart,
  • having change of heart.
  •revoke (verb)
  • counter-order,
  • counterordering,
  • re-moving,
  • counter-ordering,
  • declaring null and void,
  • counter ordering,
  • re moving,
  • re moved,
  • counterorders,
  • declares null void,
  • counter-ordered,
  • re move,
  • counter ordered,
  • declares null and void,
  • re-moves,
  • declared null void,
  • counter orders,
  • counter-orders,
  • declaring null void,
  • declare null void,
  • counterordered,
  • re-move.
  •rule out (verb)
  • de barring,
  • pre-venting,
  • de bars,
  • fore stalling,
  • pre venting,
  • de-bar,
  • leaved out,
  • ex-cept,
  • fore stalls,
  • forfended,
  • fore stall,
  • pro-scribed,
  • de-bars,
  • fore-stalls,
  • de-barred,
  • pre vent,
  • forfending,
  • not considers,
  • pro scribing,
  • pre-vents,
  • de barred,
  • pre-vented,
  • fore-stall,
  • ex cept,
  • forfends,
  • de bar,
  • pro scribes,
  • pro-scribe,
  • pre vents,
  • fore-stalled,
  • pre-vent,
  • pro scribe,
  • pro scribed,
  • fore-stalling,
  • de-barring.
  •take back (verb)
  • re possess,
  • re claims,
  • re claiming,
  • re possessing,
  • re claim,
  • re claimed,
  • re possesses,
  • re-possess,
  • re possessed,
  • re-possessing,
  • re-possesses,
  • re-claimed.
  •take back something said (verb)
  • dial back,
  • go back on one's word,
  • apostatize,
  • back off,
  • worm out of.
  •vitiate (verb)
  • un-did,
  • un-does,
  • under-mining,
  • under mined,
  • un done,
  • un-doing,
  • under mining,
  • un doing,
  • un did,
  • under-mined,
  • un does.

• Other synonyms:

  •abjure
  • abstain from,
  • abstains from.
  •back down
  • caving in,
  • withdraw from agreement or statement,
  • cave in,
  • holds back,
  • pull back,
  • caves in,
  • pulled back,
  • pulling back,
  • giving ground,
  • chicken out,
  • back pedal,
  • pulls back,
  • have no fight left,
  • wimp out,
  • retreating,
  • gave in,
  • beg off,
  • give ground,
  • go back on,
  • gives ground.
  •back out
  • throw in towel,
  • weasel out,
  • throwing in the towel,
  • get cold feet,
  • worm out,
  • blow it off,
  • shy from,
  • blow off,
  • throw in the towel,
  • wiggle out,
  • welsh.
  •chicken out
  • funk out,
  • give way,
  • giving way,
  • turn yellow,
  • have no stomach for,
  • turning yellow,
  • gave way.
  •deny
  • withhold,
  • keep back,
  • Forgone,
  • Negatived,
  • take exception to,
  • forgoing,
  • call on,
  • taboo,
  • withholds,
  • turn down,
  • veto,
  • say no to,
  • Tabooing,
  • Negativing,
  • not buy,
  • called on,
  • keeping back,
  • keeps back,
  • Tabooed,
  • enjoin from,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • calling on,
  • kept back.
  •forswear
  • Forsworn,
  • swearing off.
  •kill
  • killing,
  • Killed,
  • Scotched,
  • kill,
  • scotches,
  • nixing,
  • Scotching.
  •renounce
  • take the pledge,
  • ratting,
  • tergiverse,
  • toss over,
  • took the pledge,
  • Ratted,
  • leave flat,
  • apostacize.
  •rule out
  • Forfend,
  • leave out,
  • not consider,
  • not considering,
  • not considered,
  • ward off,
  • leaves out,
  • leaving out.
  •withdraw
  • Withdrew,
  • renig.

Paraphrases for Recant:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    reconsider.

Antonyms for Recant:

• v.

  • take back something said
    accept, establish, sanction, validate, agree, go forward, allow, recapitulate, emphasize, approve, pass, corroborate, permit.
  • Other antonyms:
    contend, profess, embrace, undertake, proclaim, back, acknowledge, retain, affirm, seek, declare, confirm, hold, keep, endorse, espouse, claim, adhere, support, prosecute, admit, assert, vindicate, avow, favor, adopt, pursue, defend, court, vouch, cherish, protect, occupy, haunt, vow, advocate, state.

Homophones for Recant:

• recondite, resinoid, regiment, rosinweed, resinated, recent, raisin moth, richmond, reasoned, rock candy, recusant, recommit, resent, resigned, regimented, regnant, recommended, reach into, rose window, resonant, reacquaint, reassessment, rough-sand, reassignment, reignite, reagent, resound, regent, recount, roughened, recommend, resonate, resinate, rescind, rush nut, reason out, rock hind.