repudiate

re·pu·di·ate  (r-pyd-t)

tr.v. re·pu·di·at·ed, re·pu·di·at·ing, re·pu·di·ates

1. To reject the validity or authority of: "Chaucer . . . not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it" Joyce Carol Oates.

2. To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust: repudiated the accusation.

3. To refuse to recognize or pay: repudiate a debt.

4.

a. To disown (a child, for example).

b. To refuse to have any dealings with.

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[Latin repudire, repudit-, from repudium, divorce.]

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re·pudi·ative adj.

re·pudi·ator n.

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repudiate [rip-pew-dee-ate]

Verb

[-ating, -ated]

1. to reject the authority or validity of

2. to disown (a person)

3. to refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt) [Latin repudium divorce]

repudiation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	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, retract, resile - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" unsay, withdraw, swallow, take back - take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" rebut, refute - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" deny - refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"
	2.	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"
	3.	repudiate - refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt" refuse, decline - show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
	4.	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"

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repudiate

verb 1. reject, renounce, retract, disown, abandon, desert, reverse, cut off, discard, revoke, forsake, cast off, rescind, disavow, turn your back on, abjure, wash your hands of << OPPOSITE assert

verb 2. deny, oppose, disagree with, rebuff, refute, disprove, rebut, disclaim, gainsay (archaic), (literary)

Translations

repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt] vt [+ accusation] → rechazar [+ obligation]; negarse a reconocer

repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt] vt [+ ally, behaviour] → désavouer [+ accusation]; rejeter [+ wife]; répudier

repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt] vt (accusation) → zurückweisen;

(violence) → ablehnen;

(old) (friend, wife etc) → verstoßen

repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt] vt → ripudiare