repudiate

verb

/ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/UK

Etymology

First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”).

borrowed from repudiātus

Definitions

1
To reject the truth or validity of
To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.
2
To refuse to have any relation to
To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
- Chaucer […] not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it.
3
To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
- '[…] she dictated to Briggs a furious answer in her own native tongue, repudiating Mrs. Rawdon Crawley altogether […]'
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1. To be repudiated.
2. Repudiated by a husband, divorced.
3. Repudiated after betrothal or engagement.
4. Set aside, rejected.
5. A divorced wife.

The neighborhood

synonymabjure
synonymdeny
synonymdisavow
synonymdisclaim
synonymdisown
synonymforsay
synonymforswear
synonymrenounce
synonymrepudiate
synonymwash one's hands of
antonymaccept
antonymown up
neighborcast off
neighborswear off
neighborrefuse
neighborreject
neighborrecant

Derived

refudiate, repudiation, repudiative, repudiator, repudiatory

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A definitional loop anchored at repudiate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at repudiate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at repudiate

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