Definition of repudiate Repudiate
/ɹipjuˈdiejˌt/ - [reepyudeeeyt] - re•pu•di•ate
We found 12 definitions of repudiate from 5 different sources.
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What does repudiate mean?
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| repudiate - refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" | ||
| reject refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" | ||
| repudiate - reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations" | ||
| deny declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" | ||
| repudiate - refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt" | ||
| refuse, decline show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" | ||
| repudiate - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" | ||
| disown, renounce | ||
| reject refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" | ||
| apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | ||
| abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" | ||
| unsay, take back, swallow, withdraw cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days" | ||
| rebut, refute prove to be false or incorrect | ||
| deny declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- repudiate (v. t.)
To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. - repudiate (v. t.)
To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. - repudiate (v. t.)
To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
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repudiate
To reject the truth or validity of something.
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🔤- repudiate, verb, present, 1st person singular of repudiate (infinitive).
- repudiate, verb (infinitive).
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