This meaning refers to vocabulary or expressions used mainly by a profession, social group, or community.
The document was filled with legal cant.
New employees struggled to understand the technical cant.
This meaning describes language expressing beliefs or principles that the speaker may not sincerely follow.
He dismissed the statement as sentimental cant.
The audience was tired of moral cant without action.
This technical meaning refers to an angle, inclination, or sloping position.
The road has a slight cant toward the drain.
The wheels were set at an inward cant.
As a verb, cant means placing or moving something at an angle.
The driver canted the vehicle slightly uphill.
The camera was canted to create an uneasy image.
