v. t.
How soon . . . ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract;
n. The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction. [ 1913 Webster ]
The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who recants. [ 1913 Webster ]