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- DictionaryRe·pu·di·ate/rəˈpyo͞odēˌāt/
verb
- 1. refuse to accept or be associated with: "she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders" Similar rejectrenounceabandonforsweargive upturn one's back onhave nothing more to do withwash one's hands ofhave no more truck withabjuredisavowrecantdesertdiscarddisowncast offlay asidecut offrebuffarchaic:forsakerare:disprofessOpposite embrace
- ▪ deny the truth or validity of: "the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses" Similar denyrefutecontradictrebutdisputedisclaimdisavowdismissbrush asideformal:gainsayrare:controvertnegateOpposite confirmacknowledge
- ▪ refuse to fulfill or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt): "breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate a contract" Similar cancelset asiderevokerescindreverseretractoverruleoverrideoverturninvalidatenullifydeclare null and voidabrogaterefuse to fulfilldisregardignoredisobeydishonorrenege ongo back onbacktrack ondisaffirmavoidvacateOpposite ratifyacceptabide by
- ▪ (especially in the past or in non-Christian religions) divorce (one's wife). Similar divorceend one's marriage toOpposite marry
Word Origin late Middle English (originally an adjective in the sense ‘divorced’): from Latin repudiatus ‘divorced, cast off’, from repudium ‘divorce’.
Derivatives
- 1. repudiator noun
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