to repudiate
33
8.2
- verb
- /rɪˈpjuːdiˌeɪt/
- Formal
:
repudiar
- Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge the Shanghai communique and repudiated Carter's shameful abandonment of Taiwan.
- repudiate an idea
- repudiate desires
- far from repudiating
And he goes but I couldn't repudiate the order.
- And he goes but I couldn't repudiate the order.
- That's, that was the ethos of the time, which Ben has regrettably, tragically repudiated.
- And that starts with repudiating and rejecting racism, sexism, homophobia, you name it in all forms whenever we see it.
- Meanwhile, Iran has a new president who's repudiated all of the bombastic style and things that former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said.
- The noble consciousness is ignoble and repudiated.
- Maybe you ought to consider this other this other look that this other type that you've been repudiating up until this point.
Examples
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As a result, the United States and the USSR have repudiated their agreement.
Academic text (1991) -
Subsequently, the defendant seller repudiated the contract by letter and phone.
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I hope to further repudiate their charges tomorrow.
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And as your brother, I repudiate you.
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Want to repudiate the marriage?
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And if mistakes were made, you could repudiate them.
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We repudiate the Seventeen Point Agreement.
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State legislature repudiated the governor's signature and mine.
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Surely, today's Democratic Party leaders would repudiate Margaret Sanger.
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The senator was quick to repudiate the allegations of corruption during the press conference.
Synonyms
∞
2.0
To say that something is not true
∞
1.7
To say you do not believe something is true
839
1.9
Refuse to accept someone or something
332
3.0
To refuse to accept an idea or claim
312
2.9
Refuse an offer, invitation, or request
298
4.0
To strongly criticize someone or something publicly
272
3.4
To say no politely to an offer or invitation
163
4.2
To stop considering a case, request, or proposal in court
69
6.3
To give up a right, belief, job, or position officially
41
6.0
To take back a statement or opinion in public
37
5.8
Refuse to accept someone or something and stop having any connection with them
33
7.7
To say you are not responsible for or connected to something
15
3.7
To refuse to have anything to do with someone or something
3
9.9
To give up a belief or support publicly under pressure
Antonyms
How Strong
- Formal
3
9.9
- Formal
33
7.7
- Formal
33
8.2
839
1.9
∞
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
repudiate = re + pud + iate
Although the form can be segmented into Latin-derived elements (re- + pud- + -iate), the central element 'pud' is not a productive English base and the parts do not help a typical learner infer the meaning 'reject, deny'.
Etymology
Repudiate comes from the Latin word repudium, which meant 'divorce' or 'rejection'. So to repudiate something today is to formally refuse to accept it or to say you are not connected with it.