recanter
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
recanter (plural recanters)
- One who recants.
- 2003, Alec Ryrie, The Gospel and Henry VIII, page 85:
- It is not merely that the recanters significantly outnumbered the martyrs. They were also a much more exalted company. None of those executed for heresy in this period were religious leaders of any great significance […]
References edit
- “recanter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.