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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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. repudiator noun

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