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.
例文
1. White House officials ordered Williams to recant .
ホワイトハウス幹部は、ウィリアムズ氏に自分の考えを放棄することを公に宣言するよう命じた。
2.Though he was forced to change his religion,he would not recant .
彼に宗教信仰の変更を強要したが、彼は決して変えなかった。
3.However,life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies.
ただし、リードが他の異端邪説を置くと、生活はずっと快適になる。
4.Editorials would demand that he either recant or retire from public life.
社説は、信仰放棄を宣言するか、公共生活から引退するかを要求する。
5.Smedley immediately went to court,forcing the army to recant publicly.