Sami wants to recant.
Source: tatoeba (7138220)
Recant
//ɹəˈkænt//
Synonyms for "recant" (147 found)
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Related words (73)
give uphave done withignoreimpugninvalidatejoin issue uponkiss good byekiss good-byemake a sacrificemake voidnot acceptnot admitnullifyopposeoverrideoverrulepalinodepart withpass bypass up
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push asidequitclaimrebuffrecallrefuserefuse to admitrefuse to considerrefuterejectrelinquishrenderrender uprenegerenouncerepealrepelrepudiaterepulserescindresignreverserevokeridsacrificescoutset asideshove awaysparespurnsurrendersuspendswallowswear offtaketake backtake issue withthrow awaythrow outthrow upturn awayturn outunsayvacatevoidwaivewithdrawwrite offyield
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7 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- отмятам се verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- отричам се verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 撤回 verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Czech
1 entries- odvolat verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Dutch
2 entries- intrekken verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- terugtrekken verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Finnish
3 entries- muuttaa lausuntoaan verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- perua puheensa verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- vetää takaisin verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
French
3 entries- retirer verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- rétracter verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- se rétracter verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
German
3 entries- widerrufen verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- zurücknehmen verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- zurückziehen verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Greek
3 entries- αναιρώ verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- αποκηρύσσω verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- παλινωδώ verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Icelandic
2 entries- draga til baka verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- taka aftur verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Māori
1 entries- whakakore verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Russian
1 entries- отрека́ться verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- opozvati verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- poreći verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Spanish
1 entries- retractarse verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Thai
4 entries- กลับคำ verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- คืนคำ verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- ถอนคำ verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
- ถอนคำพูด verb (to withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom had to recant or face excommunication.
Source: tatoeba (11582177)
Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
Source: wiktionary
How soon […] ease would recant / Vows made in pain, as violent and void!
Source: wiktionary
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