repudiate

  • 11repudiate — UK [rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt] / US [rɪˈpjudɪˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms repudiate : present tense I/you/we/they repudiate he/she/it repudiates present participle repudiating past tense repudiated past participle repudiated formal 1) to say formally… …

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  • 12repudiate — See deny, repudiate and refute, deny. See deny, repudiate …

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  • 13repudiate — [[t]rɪpju͟ːdieɪt[/t]] repudiates, repudiating, repudiated VERB If you repudiate something or someone, you show that you strongly disagree with them and do not want to be connected with them in any way. [FORMAL or WRITTEN] [V n] Leaders urged… …

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  • 14repudiate — re•pu•di•ate [[t]rɪˈpyu diˌeɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to reject as having no authority or binding force 2) to disown: to repudiate a son[/ex] 3) to reject with disapproval or condemnation 4) to reject with denial: to repudiate an… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 15repudiate — /rəˈpjudieɪt / (say ruh pyoohdeeayt) verb (t) (repudiated, repudiating) 1. to reject as having no authority or binding force, as a claim, etc.: *Yet she did not feel strong enough to resist her parents and repudiate the solemn contract to which… …

  • 16repudiate — verb Repudiate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑contract, ↑treaty …

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  • 17repudiate — re|pu|di|ate [ rı pjudi,eıt ] verb transitive 1. ) FORMAL to say formally that something is not true: They repudiated all accusations of unlawful activity. 2. ) FORMAL to state that you do not accept or agree with something: REJECT: Party members …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18repudiate — [16] Repudiate originally meant ‘divorce one’s wife’. It comes from Latin repudiāre ‘divorce, reject’, a derivative of the noun repudium ‘divorce’. It has been suggested that the ultimate source of this may be pēs ‘foot’ (source of English pedal) …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 19repudiate — verb (T) formal 1 to refuse to accept something; reject 1 (1): He repudiated all offers of friendship. 2 to state formally that something is untrue or incorrect: I repudiate emphatically any suggestion that I have acted dishonourably. 3 old… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20repudiate — [16] Repudiate originally meant ‘divorce one’s wife’. It comes from Latin repudiāre ‘divorce, reject’, a derivative of the noun repudium ‘divorce’. It has been suggested that the ultimate source of this may be pēs ‘foot’ (source of English pedal) …

    Word origins