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==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Latin]] ''recantare'', from ''re''- + ''cantare'' to [[sing]] — see also: [[chant]]

[[Latin]] ''recantare'', from ''re''- + ''cantare'' to [[sing]] — see also: [[chant]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1535]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1535]

In classical Roman poetry, after describing something hyperbolically, to briefly re-[[describe]] it without the exaggeration. (This is the [[original]] [[meaning]].)

In classical Roman poetry, after describing something hyperbolically, to briefly re-[[describe]] it without the exaggeration. (This is the [[original]] [[meaning]].)

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*2: revoke  

*2: revoke  

==Description==

==Description==

*To formally [[abandon]] a [[belief]] or a particular [[statement]] of [[belief]], generally under order from an [[ecclesiastical]] [[authority]] (often a synod or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_council ecumenical council], or, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church Roman Catholic Church], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition the Inquisition], Holy Office, or even on rare occasion the contemporary [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]) to enforce an [[orthodoxy]]. If ordered to recant by such an ecclesiastical [[authority]], one who refused to recant is anathematized or [[excommunicated]]. Sometimes the order included threats of [[physical]] punishment (e.g., the proverbial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_at_the_stake burning at the stake], as happened in the trial of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_d%27Arc St. Jeanne d'Arc]).

*To formally [[abandon]] a [[belief]] or a particular [[statement]] of [[belief]], generally under order from an [[ecclesiastical]] [[authority]] (often a synod or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_council ecumenical council], or, in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church Roman Catholic Church], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition the Inquisition], Holy Office, or even on rare occasion the contemporary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]) to enforce an [[orthodoxy]]. If ordered to recant by such an ecclesiastical [[authority]], one who refused to recant is anathematized or [[excommunicated]]. Sometimes the order included threats of [[physical]] punishment (e.g., the proverbial [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_at_the_stake burning at the stake], as happened in the trial of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_d%27Arc St. Jeanne d'Arc]).

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]