Antonyms for re canted
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ri-kant |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkænt |
- accede
- accept
- acknowledge
- add
- admit
- advance
- affirm
- agitate
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- arrange
- assist
- authorize
- bear
- begin
- believe
- build
- build up
- claim
- commend
- compliment
- concede
- concur
- condone
- confess
- confirm
- consent
- construct
- continue
- corroborate
- create
- credit
- dispute
- dissent
- disturb
- embrace
- emphasize
- enact
- encourage
- endorse
- enforce
- establish
- fight
- fix
- forge
- forget
- give birth
- go along
- go back to
- go forward
- grant
- help
- hold
- imbalance
- include
- initiate
- institute
- irritate
- keep
- laud
- legalize
- let go
- light
- maintain
- OK
- own
- pass
- permit
- praise
- protect
- push
- ratify
- reaffirm
- recapitulate
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- repeat
- restore
- retain
- revert
- sanction
- save
- schedule
- set up
- start
- stay
- support
- tip
- trust
- turn on
- uphold
- validate
- welcome
Definition of re canted
Origin :- 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.
- As in kill : verb turn off; cancel
- As in back down : verb back off
- As in recall : verb ask for return of offending thing
- As in recant : verb take back something said
- As in back out : verb withdraw
- As in renounce : verb abandon, reject
- As in repudiate : verb reject; turn one's back on
- As in retract : verb take back; renege on
- As in revoke : verb take back; cancel
- As in rule out : verb exclude, reject
- As in take back : verb retract
- As in vitiate : verb cancel
- As in withdraw : verb retract; declare void
- As in cancel : verb equal out
- As in chicken out : verb back down
- As in abjure : verb give up
- As in deny : verb disagree, renounce, decline
- As in disclaim : verb deny
- As in forswear : verb abandon, disavow
Synonyms for re canted
- abandon
- abate
- abdicate
- abjure
- abnegate
- abolish
- abort
- abrogate
- abstain from
- accede
- acquiesce
- admit
- annihilate
- annul
- apostacize
- apostatize
- arrogate
- avert
- avoid
- back
- back down
- back off
- back out
- back out of
- back pedal
- backpedal
- backtrack
- balance out
- balk
- ban
- banish
- bar
- bate
- be against
- beg off
- begrudge
- belittle
- blow it off
- bow out
- break with
- call back
- call in
- call off
- call on
- cancel
- cast
- cast off
- cave in
- cease
- change one's mind
- chicken out
- compensate for
- concede
- contradict
- contravene
- controvert
- cop out
- count out
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterorder
- counterpoise
- criticize
- curb
- cut off
- deaden
- debar
- declare invalid
- declare null and void
- decline
- default
- defeat
- defect
- delete
- demit
- demur
- deny
- deprecate
- desert
- deter
- dial back
- disacknowledge
- disaffirm
- disallow
- disapprove
- disavow
- disbelieve
- discard
- discharge
- disclaim
- discredit
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismantle
- dismiss
- disown
- disparage
- disprove
- disqualify
- dissolve
- divorce oneself from
- doubt
- draw in
- drop
- drop out
- dump
- eat one's words
- eliminate
- enjoin from
- erase
- eschew
- except
- exclude
- expunge
- extinguish
- fall back
- flush
- fly in the face of
- forbid
- forestall
- forfend
- forget it
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- frustrate
- funk out
- gainsay
- get cold feet
- give ground
- give in
- give up
- give way
- go back on
- go back on one's word
- halt
- have change of heart
- have no fight left
- have no stomach for
- hold back
- ignore
- invalidate
- keep back
- leave flat
- leave off
- leave out
- lift
- make concessions
- make up for
- minimize
- negate
- negative
- neutralize
- nig
- nix
- not buy
- not consider
- nullify
- obliterate
- obviate
- offset
- oppose
- opt out
- oust
- overthrow
- palinode
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- pull back
- pull in
- pull out
- put an end to
- quash
- quell
- quit
- rat
- rebuff
- rebut
- recall
- recant
- recede
- reclaim
- recoil
- redeem
- redress
- reel in
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- relinquish
- remove
- render inert
- render null and void
- renege
- renig
- renounce
- repeal
- repossess
- repress
- reprobate
- repudiate
- rescind
- resign
- restrain
- retire
- retract
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- revoke
- rub out
- ruin
- rule out
- sacrifice
- say no to
- scotch
- scratch
- scrub
- sell out
- set aside
- sheathe
- shut off
- shy from
- smother
- spurn
- stamp out
- stave off
- stifle
- still
- stop
- submit
- suppress
- surrender
- suspend
- swear off
- taboo
- take back
- take exception to
- take in
- take the pledge
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- throw in the towel
- throw off
- throw over
- toss over
- traverse
- turn
- turn back on
- turn down
- turn out
- turn thumbs down
- turn yellow
- undermine
- undo
- unsay
- vacate
- veto
- void
- waive
- walk out on
- ward off
- wash hands of
- wash one's hands of
- weasel out
- welsh
- wiggle out
- wimp out
- wipe out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- withhold
- worm out
- worm out of
- yield
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