Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To reject the validity or authority of.
- transitive verb To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust.
- transitive verb To refuse to recognize or pay.
- transitive verb To disown (a child, for example).
- transitive verb To refuse to have any dealings with.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put away; divorce.
- To cast away; reject; discard; renounce; disavow.
- To refuse to acknowledge or to pay, as a debt; disclaim.
- Repudiated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
- transitive verb To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.
- transitive verb To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
reject thetruth orvalidity of something; todeny . - verb To
refuse to have anything to do with; todisown . - verb To refuse to
pay orhonor (adebt ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cast off
- verb refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
- verb reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
- verb refuse to recognize or pay
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Will demands that John McCain repudiate John Hagee be balanced by calls for Barack Obama to distance himself from James Carroll?
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Will demands that John McCain repudiate John Hagee be balanced by calls for Barack Obama to distance himself from James Carroll?
Stromata Blog: 2008
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You hate it that it isn't "conservative," because it didn't pursue "conservative" policies, but you support, defend, and don't reject -- or "repudiate" -- those policies.
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"Shakespeare liked to coin new words too," she said. tweet following her use of the word - something of a mix of 'refute' and 'repudiate' -
Edmonton Sun 2010
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In the summer NAACP members called on tea party groups to "repudiate" what they called "racist elements" in the movement.
NAACP backs report that ties racist groups to tea party Krissah Thompson 2010
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In the summer NAACP members called on tea party groups to "repudiate" what they called "racist elements" in the movement.
NAACP backs report that ties racist groups to tea party Krissah Thompson 2010
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At their annual meeting in Kansas City last week the NAACP, the nation's largest civil rights organization, accused the Tea Party of harboring racist elements and called on leaders of the movement to "repudiate" those elements.
Mitch McConnell Refuses To Discuss Tea Party Racism: 'I Have Got Better Things To Do' 2010
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Not just a stirring defense of human rights, also a chance to use "repudiate" correctly.
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The White House issued a statement calling on lawmakers to "repudiate" Mr. Barton's comments, while Vice President Joe Biden called the remarks "outrageous."
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Maybe the judge really did lie, and maybe did "repudiate" his initial decision (if not formal ruling) "in order to gain himself some publicity at [Polanski's] expense," and maybe Polanski really did face serious jail time despite the initial agreement.
Michael J.W. Stickings: Roman Polanski Breaks His Silence and Admits Nothing 2010
tolland commented on the word repudiate
This word is sooo good! Everyone should know it.
July 12, 2008
myth17 commented on the word repudiate
Repudiate the churlish administration.
August 5, 2012