What is another word for recant?
777 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹɪkˈant], [ ɹɪkˈant], [ ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈa_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for recant:- back out (noun)
- retract (noun)
- abjure (verb)
- back down (verb)
- back out (verb)
- cancel (verb)
- chicken out (verb)
- deny (verb)
- disclaim (verb)
- forswear (verb)
- kill (verb)
- recall (verb)
- renounce (verb)
- repudiate (verb)
- retract (verb)
- revoke (verb)
- rule out (verb)
- take back (verb)
- take back something said (verb)
- vitiate (verb)
- other synonyms
- abjure
- back down
- back out
- chicken out
- deny
- forswear
- kill
- renounce
- rule out
- withdraw
Synonyms for Recant:
n.
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- capitulate,
- convert,
- adapt,
- revise,
- move on,
- see reason/sense,
- change your mind,
- move with the times,
- backpedal.
- back.
v.
•abjure (verb) •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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Other synonyms:
•abjure •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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Independent
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Verb, base form
reconsider.
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Verb, base form
Antonyms for Recant:
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v.
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take back something said
accept, establish, sanction, validate, agree, go forward, allow, recapitulate, emphasize, approve, pass, corroborate, permit.
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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.
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take back something said
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.