repudiate
verb (used with object)
to reject as having no authority or binding force.
have repudiated
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present perfectof repudiate.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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Other Republicans, including Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader, have repudiated elements of the plan, which Mr. Scott put forward as a platform for the midterm elections.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2022
A majority of Israeli security experts have repudiated the “maximum pressure” approach.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
Indeed, academics across the political spectrum have repudiated Texas’ argument, with good reason: It just doesn’t make any sense.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2018
Both of these new classes have repudiated the American creed in practice, whatever lip service they may still pay to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2016
And now you have repudiated the character of Lopsang with your “tattle tale” accounts of him.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
