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REPUDIATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

Example:

The woman repudiated the divorce settlement

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "repudiate" is one way to...):

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

repudiation (refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities))

repudiative (rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cast off

Example:

The parents repudiated their son

Synonyms:

disown; renounce; repudiate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "repudiate" is one way to...):

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repudiate"):

apostatise; apostatize; tergiversate (abandon one's beliefs or allegiances)

abjure; forswear; recant; resile; retract (formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure)

swallow; take back; unsay; withdraw (take back what one has said)

rebut; refute (overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof)

deny (refuse to accept or believe)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

repudiation (rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

Example:

She repudiated the accusations

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "repudiate" is one way to...):

deny (declare untrue; contradict)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

repudiation (the exposure of falseness or pretensions)

repudiative (rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Refuse to recognize or pay

Example:

repudiate a debt

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "repudiate" is one way to...):

decline; refuse (show unwillingness towards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

repudiation (refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities))

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