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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 [rɪˈpjuːdɪˌeɪt]

vb (tr)

1. to reject the authority or validity of; refuse to accept or ratify Congress repudiated the treaty that the President had negotiated

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) to refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt)

3. to cast off or disown (a son, lover, etc.)

[from Latin repudiāre to put away, from repudium a separation, divorce, from re- + pudēre to be ashamed]

repudiable  adj

repudiation  n

repudiative  adj

repudiator  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 He repudiated any form of nationalism.
reject own, accept, admit, defend, acknowledge, assert, proclaim, ratify, avow

2. deny, oppose, disagree with, rebuff, refute, disprove, rebut, disclaim, gainsay (archaic or literary) He repudiated the charges.

3. cancel, withdraw, reverse, abolish, set aside, repeal, renounce, quash, take back, call back, revoke, retract, negate, renege, rescind, recall, invalidate, annul, nullify, recant, obviate, disclaim, abrogate, countermand, declare null and void They had repudiated her contract.

4. divorce, end your marriage to A woman can repudiate her insane husband.

Translations

repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt] VT

1. (= deny) [+ charge] → rechazar, negar

2. (= refuse to recognize) [+ debt, treaty] → negarse a reconocer, desconocer; [+ attitude, values, wife, violence] → repudiar

repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt] vt

[+ idea, view, report] → désavouer; [+ violence] → désavouer; [+ accusation, charge, allegation] → rejeter

(old-fashioned) [+ wife] → répudier

repudiate

vt person → verstoßen; authorship, debt, obligation → nicht anerkennen; accusation, remarks, charge → zurückweisen

repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdɪˌeɪt] (frm) vt (charge, offer of friendship) → respingere; (debt, treaty) → disconoscere, rifiutarsi di onorare; (one's wife) → ripudiare

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repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdɪˌeɪt] (frm) vt (charge, offer of friendship) → respingere; (debt, treaty) → disconoscere, rifiutarsi di onorare; (one's wife) → ripudiare