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verb (used with object), -at·ed, -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
EXPANDSynonyms
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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Repudiated
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Example Sentences
- Gold coins are in local circulation which, although not counterfelt, are equally to be repudiated by all to whom presented.
- It has repudiated the heavy-handed-sometimes brutal-security policies of its predecessor.
- The biomedical community has repudiated reproductive cloning--the creation of individuals who are genetic facsimiles.
Etymonline
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
EXPANDaway, but folk etymology commonly connects it with pudere "cause shame to." Of opinions, conduct, etc., attested from 1824.
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