(transitive, intransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.

present participle of recant

The act of one who recants; a retraction.

simple past tense and past participle of recant

The act of recanting or something recanted.

plural of recantation

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recant

plural of recanter

One who recants.