repudiate
Use Repudiate in a sentence
diˌeɪt verb (used with object), re·pu·di·at·ed, re·pu·di·at·ing.
1.
to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
2.
to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son.
3.
to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine.
4.
to reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue.
5.
to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.
Origin:
1535–45; < Latin repudiātus (past participle of repudiāre to reject, refuse), equivalent to repudi(um) a casting off, divorce (re- re- + pud(ere) to make ashamed, feel shame (see pudendum) + -ium -ium) + -ātus -ate1
1535–45; < Latin repudiātus (past participle of repudiāre to reject, refuse), equivalent to repudi(um) a casting off, divorce (re- re- + pud(ere) to make ashamed, feel shame (see pudendum) + -ium -ium) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
re·pu·di·a·ble, adjective
re·pu·di·a·tive, adjective
re·pu·di·a·tor, noun
non·re·pu·di·a·ble, adjective
non·re·pu·di·a·tive, adjective
Synonyms
1. disavow, renounce, discard, disclaim. 3. condemn, disapprove.
1. disavow, renounce, discard, disclaim. 3. condemn, disapprove.
Antonyms
1. accept. 3. approve.
1. accept. 3. approve.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to reject the authority or validity of; refuse to accept or ratify: Congress repudiated the treaty that the President had negotiated |
| 2. | to refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt) |
| 3. | to cast off or disown (a son, lover, etc) |
| [C16: from Latin repudiāre to put away, from repudium a separation, divorce, from | |
| re'pudiable | |
| —adj | |
| repudi'ation | |
| —n | |
| re'pudiative | |
| —adj | |
| re'pudiator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
repudiate
1545, "to cast off by divorce," from adj. meaning "divorced, rejected, condemned" (1464), from L. repudiatus, pp. of repudiare "to divorce or reject," from repudium "divorce, rejection," from re- "back, away" + pudium, probably related to pes-/ped- "foot." The original notion may be of kicking something
away, but folk etymology commonly connects it with pudere "cause shame to." Of opinions, conduct, etc., attested from 1824.
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Example sentences
To affirm this as a psychiatric malady is to repudiate the principles of science itself.
Before me now is plaintiff's motion to repudiate the settlement agreement.
Our leaders-and would-be leaders-should repudiate this sort of fatalism.
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