noun, verb
noun [U] statements, especially about moral or religious issues, that are not sincere and that you cannot trust
SYNHYPOCRISY:
His speech was full of political, social and religious cant.
verb [V, VN] (formal) to be or put sth in a sloping position
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for cant is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does cant appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — cant appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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