1530s, from Latin recantare "recall, revoke," from re- "back" (see re-) + cantare "to chant" (see chant (v.)). A word from the Reformation. Loan-translation of Greek palinoidein "recant," from palin "back" + oeidein "to sing." Related: Recanted; recanting.
实用例句
1. White House officials ordered Williams to recant.
白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。来自柯林斯例句
2. Though he was forced to change his religion,he would not recant.
虽然强迫他改变宗教信仰，但他绝不改变。来自辞典例句
3. However, life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies.
不过,如果瑞德放其他的那套异端邪说, 生活就会惬意得多.来自飘（部分）
4. Editorials would demand that he either recant or retire from public life.
社论会提出要求,他要么宣布放弃信仰,要么从公共生活中隐退.来自辞典例句
5. Smedley immediately went to court, forcing the army to recant publicly.
