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   repudiate

   /rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. refuse to accept; reject: "she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders" Similar rejectrenounceabandonforsweargive upturn one's back onhave nothing more to do withwash one's hands ofhave no more truck withabjuredisavowrecantdesertdiscarddisowncast offlay asidecut offrebuffarchaic:forsakerare:disprofessOpposite embrace
   • ▪ refuse to fulfil or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt): "breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate a contract" Similar cancelset asiderevokerescindreverseretractoverruleoverrideoverturninvalidatenullifydeclare null and voidabrogaterefuse to fulfildisregardignoredisobeydishonourrenege ongo back onbacktrack ondisaffirmavoidvacateOpposite ratifyacceptabide by
   • ▪ (in the past or in non-Christian religions) disown or divorce (one's wife): "Philip was excommunicated in 1095 because he had repudiated his wife" Similar divorceend one's marriage toOpposite marry
   • 2. deny the truth or validity of: "the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses" Similar denyrefutecontradictrebutdisputedisclaimdisavowdismissbrush asideformal:gainsayrare:controvertnegateOpposite confirmacknowledge

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally an adjective in the sense ‘divorced’): from Latin repudiatus ‘divorced, cast off’, from repudium ‘divorce’.

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   • 1. repudiator noun

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   repudiate meaning, definition, what is repudiate: to refuse to accept or continue with som...: Learn more.

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   noun. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid. “Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated” synonyms: renunciation. see more see less. noun. refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities) “the repudiation of the debt by the city” see more see less. noun.

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   Definition of "repudiate" The act of denying or rejecting a responsibility, such as a financial obligation or a duty under an agreement ; How to use "repudiate" in a sentence. The company decided to repudiate the contract due to unsatisfactory performance by the other party. After reviewing the case, the court allowed the defendant to repudiate ...

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   to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable: He repudiated the allegation / charge / claim that he had tried to deceive them. I utterly repudiate those remarks. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Refusing & rejecting. abjuration. abjure. abnegate. abnegation. bar. bat something/someone away. decline. disavow.