repudiate
verb (used with object)
to reject as having no authority or binding force.
repudiator
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a word derived from
repudiate.
Example Sentences
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And what is to be thought of the 'faith' of a so-called Government, which has chosen this repudiator as their chief, and what of the value of the Confederate bonds now issued by him?
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Davis, Jefferson: compared with Benedict Arnold, 163; a repudiator, 220; and Calhoun's resolution as to slavery in the territories, 325; protests against admission of California, 338.
From Thomas Hart Benton by Theodore Roosevelt
If, on the other hand, the bondholder can legally demand only the kind of money he paid, he is a repudiator and an extortioner to demand money more valuable than he gave.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by John Sherman
Time is a great healer and I cherished no resentment at this late day toward the repudiator of my caresses.
From The Romance of an Old Fool by Roswell Martin Field
We, too, had our single repudiator, who fared no better than his French predecessor.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton
