Defn: The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction. The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation. Bp. Stillingfleet.
RECANTER
Re*cant"er, n.
Defn: One who recants.
RECAPACITATE
Re`ca*pac"i*tate, v. t.
Defn: To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. Atterbury.
RECAPITULATE Re*ca*pit"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. recapitulare, recapitulatum; pref. re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See Capitulate.]
Defn: To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.
RECAPITULATE
Re`ca*pit"u*late, v. i.
Defn: To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.
RECAPITULATION Re`ca*pit`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [LL. recapitulatio: cf. F. recapitulation.]