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Definitions for Repudiate
[1] to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
[2] to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son.
[3] to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine.
[4] to reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue.
[5] to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.
[6] to reject the authority or validity of; refuse to accept or ratify Congress repudiated the treaty that the President had negotiated
[7] to refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt)
[8] to cast off or disown (a son, lover, etc)
Words related to Repudiate
abandon, recant, revoke, reverse, renounce, dismiss, disavow, spurn, retract, disown, repeal, forsake, rescind, dump, disapprove, rat, apostatize, flush, decline, cast
Words nearby Repudiate
republican river, republicanism, republicanize, republication, republish, repudiate, repudiation, repugn, repugnance, repugnant, repulse
Origin of Repudiate
1535–45; < Latin repudiātus (past participle of repudiāre to reject, refuse), equivalent to repudi(um ) a casting off, divorce (re- re- + pud(ere ) to make ashamed, feel shame (see pudendum) + -ium -ium) + -ātus -ate1
Words that may be confused with Repudiate
repudiate, refute, refudiate, (see, word, story, at, refudiate)
Other words from Repudiate
re·pu·di·a·ble , adjective
re·pu·di·a·tive , adjective
re·pu·di·a·tor , noun
non·re·pu·di·a·ble , adjective
non·re·pu·di·a·tive , adjective
un·re·pu·di·a·ble , adjective
un·re·pu·di·at·ed , adjective
un·re·pu·di·a·tive , adjective
Word origin for Repudiate
C16: from Latin repudiāre to put away, from repudium a separation, divorce, from re- + pudēre to be ashamed
Synonyms for Repudiate
abandon, break with, disavow, dismiss, disown, forsake, recant, renounce, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, spurn, abjure, apostatize, banish, cast, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disapprove, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit, dump, flush, nix, oust, rat, refuse, reprobate, tergiversate, turn, be against, cast off, cut off, disacknowledge, fly in the face of, tergiverse, turn down, wash one's hands of