repudiate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to reject as having no authority or binding force.
to repudiate a claim.
- Antonyms:
- accept
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to cast off or disown.
to repudiate a son.
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to reject with disapproval or condemnation.
to repudiate a new doctrine.
- Synonyms:
- disapprove, condemn, disown, renounce
- Antonyms:
- approve
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to reject with denial.
to repudiate a charge as untrue.
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to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.
verb
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to reject the authority or validity of; refuse to accept or ratify
Congress repudiated the treaty that the President had negotiated
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to refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt)
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to cast off or disown (a son, lover, etc)
Other Word Forms
- nonrepudiable adjective
- nonrepudiative adjective
- repudiable adjective
- repudiation noun
- repudiative adjective
- repudiator noun
- unrepudiable adjective
- unrepudiated adjective
- unrepudiative adjective
Etymology
Origin of repudiate
First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin repudiātus (past participle of repudiāre “to reject, refuse”), equivalent to repudi(um) “a casting off, divorce” ( re- + pud(ere) “to make ashamed, feel shame” + -ium noun suffix ) + -ātus past participle sufffix; re-, pudendum, -ium, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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His approach to international relations also contrasts starkly with neighbouring regimes, who have cultivated close security ties with Russia and repudiated their previous close partnerships with France.
From BBC
Some of those decisions aligned with some unitary executive claims, but others directly repudiated them.
From Salon
In response, Allister said: "If Claire is trying to pretend that I am insincere in my condemnation of violence then I utterly repudiate and indeed resent that comment."
From BBC
Asked about his claim – repudiated by Israel - that thousands of lorries were waiting on the border to enter Gaza, Mr Fletcher repeated that he especially needed to be "careful and really precise".
From BBC
He repudiated the luxurious trappings favored by some cardinals, and his hands-on devotion to the poor broke with many long-standing traditions, and added a populist flair to others.
From Los Angeles Times
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