repudiate
verb (used with object)
to reject as having no authority or binding force.
repudiated
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past participleof repudiate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof repudiate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
repudiateverb (used with object)to reject as having no authority or binding force.
Example Sentences
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Khamenei’s office later repudiated the comments as divisive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In 2017, Brady’s then-wife, Gisele Bündchen, told CBS’ Charlie Rose that Brady had suffered a concussion in 2016, a trauma that had not been disclosed to the NFL, which repudiated Bündchen’s claims.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
SCOTUS, of course, repudiated “separate but equal” in Brown v.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2025
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 ● May 30, 2025
The first two sections of this book were devoted to two different ways that researchers have recently repudiated this perspective.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
