recanter

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noun

One who recants.

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Meanings

nounrecanter (plural recanters)

plural recanters

  1. One who recants.

    It is not merely that the recanters significantly outnumbered the martyrs. They were also a much more exalted company. None of those executed for heresy in this period were religious leaders of any great significance[…]

    2003, Alec Ryrie, The Gospel and Henry VIII, page 85

Origin

From recant + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Terrancerecreantcanterer
Cite this entry
APA

recanter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recanter

MLA

“recanter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recanter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recanter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recanter.

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