recant Copy link Outline 1. rĕcanto, 12. retracto, 1 • recant: 1. rĕcanto, 1: having r.'d your reproaches, recantatis opprobriis, Hor. Od. 1, 16, 27. 2. retracto, 1: v. recall. Phr.: palinodiam cano, Macrob. Sat. 7, 5: v. recantation.