RECANTv.t.
[L. recanto; re and canto. See Cant.]
To retract; to recall; to contradict a former declaration.
How soon would ease recant vows made in pain, as violent as void.
RECANTv.i.
To recall words; to revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said. Convince me I am wrong, and I will recant.