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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
[[Latin]] ''recantare'', from ''re''- + ''cantare'' to [[sing]] — more at [[chant]] | [[Latin]] ''recantare'', from ''re''- + ''cantare'' to [[sing]] — more at [[chant]] | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1535] |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1: to withdraw or repudiate (a [[statement]] or [[belief]]) [[formally]] and [[publicly]] : [[renounce]] | *1: to withdraw or repudiate (a [[statement]] or [[belief]]) [[formally]] and [[publicly]] : [[renounce]] | ||
*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 [ | + | *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 Roman Catholic Church, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition 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 St. Jeanne d'Arc). |
| − | *In classical Roman poetry, after describing something [ | + | *In classical Roman poetry, after describing something [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole hyperbolically], to briefly re-describe it without the exaggeration. (This is the original [[meaning]].) |
[[Category: Law]] | [[Category: Law]] | ||
[[Category: Religion]] | [[Category: Religion]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:49, 13 December 2020
Origin
Latin recantare, from re- + cantare to sing — more at chant
Definitions
Description
- To formally abandon a belief or a particular statement of belief, generally under order from an ecclesiastical authority (often a synod or ecumenical council, or, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Inquisition, Holy Office, or even on rare occasion the contemporary 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 burning at the stake, as happened in the trial of St. Jeanne d'Arc).
- In classical Roman poetry, after describing something hyperbolically, to briefly re-describe it without the exaggeration. (This is the original meaning.)
