A thrust or motion that tilts something.
While engaging in a public debate one needs to be cautious to make statements free from cant and prejudices. Cant is speaking badly about religion or society.
Pronunciation: kant
Meanings of Cant:
1. A thrust or motion that tilts something.
2. The tilt caused by such a thrust or motion.
3. An outer corner, as of a building.
4. Monotonous talk filled with platitudes.
5. Hypocritically pious language.
6. The special vocabulary peculiar to the members of an underworld group;
Master’s tip to learn Cant:
Cant can be learnt from chant which means monks and saints chant mantras which are only known to them.
Sentence Examples for Cant:
1. Constructive suggestions are rare in a debate that has mixed a lot of rhetorical cant with a big principle.
2. Don’t you insult human relations by dragging all this cant about buying and selling into it.
Amazing website. Please keep track of the typos though. The last sentence here for example has a term that says buyingand. I actually thought it was a new word!
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Well find the error yourself and keep up the good work! Appreciate it!
hi anton
thanks a lot and yeah, we are aware of the typos..have started getting rid of them one at a time..soon the site will be error free…:)