Repudiate

Quick meaning: Repudiate is a verb meaning (transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.

Meaning

(transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
2. (transitive) To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
3. (intransitive) To be repudiated.
4. (as a participle, of a woman) Repudiated by a husband, divorced.
5. (of a woman) Repudiated after betrothal or engagement.
6. (generally) Set aside, rejected.
7. A divorced wife.

Example Sentences

Chaucer […] not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it.

'[…] she dictated to Briggs a furious answer in her own native tongue, repudiating Mrs. Rawdon Crawley altogether […]'

The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.

If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.

Word Forms

• repudiates
• repudiating
• repudiated

Synonyms for repudiate

Depending on context, synonyms include abjure, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, forsay.

Antonyms for repudiate

Common opposites include accept, requite.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include renounce, disavow, deny, disallow, reject, disown.

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