Information about the word recant (English → Esperanto: malkonfesi)

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/ɹɪˈkænt/
Hyphenationre·cant
Shavian alphabet𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑑
Deseret alphabet𐑉𐐮𐐿𐐰𐑌𐐻

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) recant(I) recanted
(thou) recantest(thou) recantedst
(he) recants, recanteth(he) recanted
(we) recant(we) recanted
(you) recant(you) recanted
(they) recant(they) recanted
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) recant (I) recanted
(thou) recant(thou) recanted
(he) recant(he) recanted
(we) recant(we) recanted
(you) recant(you) recanted
(they) recant(they) recanted
Imperative mood
recant
Participles
Present participlePast participle
recantingrecanted

Usage samples

An administrator then called the professor’s actions “Islamophobic”—a label that the university later recanted—and her adjunct contract was not renewed.

Translations

Dutchterugnemen
Esperantomalkonfesi