"recanting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: recantings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} recanting (plural recantings)
  1. The act of one who recants; a retraction.
    Sense id: en-recanting-en-noun-7KKT-joN

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} recanting
  1. present participle and gerund of recant Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: recant
    Sense id: en-recanting-en-verb-D-kitmTq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 72

Inflected forms

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