repudiate
verb (used with object)
to reject as having no authority or binding force.
has repudiated
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present perfectof repudiate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Never mind that the Supreme Court has repudiated its World War II decision blessing detention camps for Japanese Americans.
From Salon ● May 3, 2024
The Gucci family has repudiated the film, claiming in a statement that it portrays them as “thugs, ignorant and insensitive to the world around them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
Cher now claims Mary has refused to pay her and her trust the fifty percent of royalties she's owed and has repudiated her approval rights, among other issues.
From Fox News ● Oct. 14, 2021
He also said that Mr. Chansley has repudiated the QAnon cult and would like to be known merely as a shaman, not the QAnon shaman.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
M. Tremaux has repudiated the origin which Mr. Darwin has assumed, and insists on our believing that, not water, but the soil, is the origin of all life, and therefore of man.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson
