What does Repudiate mean?

Definitions for Repudiate
rɪˈpyu diˌeɪtre·pu·di·ate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disown, renounce, repudiateverb

    cast off

    "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

  2. repudiateverb

    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

    "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"

  3. repudiateverb

    refuse to recognize or pay

    "repudiate a debt"

  4. repudiateverb

    reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

    "She repudiated the accusations"

Wiktionary

  1. repudiateverb

    To reject the truth or validity of something; to deny.

  2. repudiateverb

    To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown.

  3. repudiateverb

    To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).

  4. Etymology: From repudio, from repudium

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To REPUDIATEverb

    To divorce; to reject; to put away.

    Etymology: repudio, Lat. repudier, Fr.

    Here is a notorious instance of the folly of the atheists, that while they repudiate all title to the kingdom of heaven, merely for the present pleasure of body, and their boasted tranquillity of mind, besides the extreme madness in running such a desperate hazard after death, they unwittingly deprive themselves here of that very pleasure and tranquillity they seek for. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

    Let not those, that have repudiated the more inviting sins, show themselves philtred and bewitched by this. G. of Tongue.

Wikipedia

  1. repudiate

    Anticipatory repudiation or anticipatory breach is a concept in the law of contracts which describes words or conduct by a contracting party that evinces an intention not to perform or not to be bound by provisions of the agreement that require performance in the future.

ChatGPT

  1. repudiate

    Repudiate refers to the action of refusing to accept, acknowledge, or recognize something or someone; rejecting or denying the validity or authority of something. It can also mean to refuse to be associated with someone or to fulfill an agreement, contract, or debt.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Repudiateverb

    to cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject

  2. Repudiateverb

    to divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry

  3. Repudiateverb

    to refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts

  4. Etymology: [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Repudiate

    rē-pū′di-āt, v.t. to reject: to disclaim, as liability for debt: to disavow: to divorce.—adj. Repū′diable, that may be repudiated: fit to be rejected.—ns. Repudiā′tion, the act of repudiating: rejection: an unprincipled method for the extinction of a debt by simply refusing to acknowledge the obligation: the state of being repudiated; Repudiā′tionist; Repū′diātor. [L. repudiāre, -ātumrepudiumre-, away, pudēre, to be ashamed.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Repudiate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Repudiate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Repudiate in a Sentence

  1. Andreas Simic:

    You can repudiate DESTINY all you want but in the end it wins.

  2. Eldridge Cleaver:

    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.

  3. Lawrence Goldstone:

    Trump was very clever in not explicitly asking for violence, but hinting at it, but when violence actually happened, and he did not immediately repudiate it, he lost the benefit of the doubt.

  4. Ryan Pack:

    Engross what is just, repudiate what is unjust.

  5. Bill Kristol:

    Last December, Liz Cheney was one of a large number of Republicans who had sort of acquiesced to Trump but kept their distance, now Liz Cheney is the leader of the' we-need-to-repudiate-Trump' House Republicans.

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