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repudiate
[ri-pyoo-dee-eyt]
verb (used with object)
to reject as having no authority or binding force.
to repudiate a claim.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:to cast off or disown.
to repudiate a son.
to reject with disapproval or condemnation.
to repudiate a new doctrine.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms:to reject with denial.
to repudiate a charge as untrue.
to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.
repudiate
/ ɪˈːɪˌɪ /
verb
to reject the authority or validity of; refuse to accept or ratify
Congress repudiated the treaty that the President had negotiated
to refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt)
to cast off or disown (a son, lover, etc)
Other Word Forms
- repudiable adjective
- repudiative adjective
- repudiator noun
- nonrepudiable adjective
- nonrepudiative adjective
- unrepudiable adjective
- unrepudiated adjective
- unrepudiative adjective
- ˈܻ徱پ adjective
- ˌܻ徱ˈپDz noun
- ˈܻ徱 adjective
- ˈܻ徱ˌٴǰ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of repudiate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of repudiate1
Example Sentences
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."
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".
He added Sir Keir's words "repudiated everything" he had previously stood for, claiming the prime minister had stood for the Labour leadership in 2020 on a policy of "supporting mass migration".
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.
He said Syracuse University was “championing facilitated communication over clear and established science,” and implored it to “renounce and repudiate” the technique for its “dangerous harms.”
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