Meaning of REPUDIATE
| Pronunciation: | | ri'pyoodee`eyt
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- [v] refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
- [v] cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
- [v] reject as untrue. unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"
- [v] refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"
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| | Synonyms: | | renounce |
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| | See Also: | | abjure, apostatise, apostatize, decline, deny, forswear, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, reject, resile, retract, swallow, take back, tergiversate, unsay, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*pu"di*ate\ (-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repudiated}
(-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repudiating}.] [L. repudiatus, p.
p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium
separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]
1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to
renounce; to reject.
Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care.
--Prynne.
2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman
one has promised to marry.
His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not
long afterward. --Bolingbroke.
3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the
State has repudiated its debts.
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