Legal Definition of recant. : 1  to renounce or withdraw (prior statements or testimony) surprised the prosecution by recanting statements made earlier to the police. 2  intransitive verb.
Â· just now. Report Abuse. When you sniff your armpits, when you tuck your nose under like you do, your nostrils encounter the smell unevenly. Armpit sweat contains pheromones, especially those pheromones that attract the opposite sex, but repel one's own sex, including oneself.
Body odour occurs during exercise and when we feel strong emotions, because these are the triggers for the apocrine gland to secrete sweat. The warm, damp conditions of the armpit are also a perfect environment for bacteria to thrive in and create smelly odours. Body odour begins during puberty. This is because the apocrine glands, which are involved in causing body odour, begin to function from puberty.