What is cant?

More definitions of "cant":

• (noun): Insincere talk about religion or morals.
  Synonyms: pious platitude

• (noun): Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition.
  Synonyms: buzzword

• (noun): A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force.
  Synonyms: bank, camber

• (noun): Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees.
  Synonyms: bevel, chamfer

• (noun): A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
  Synonyms: jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular