repudiate

CEFRC2

/ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To reject or refuse to accept something.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.

Examples

  • My parents would repudiate my brother if they ever found out he was gay.

  • The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

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

  2. To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).

  3. To be repudiated.

More examples

In context

  • Chaucer […] not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it.

  • '[…] she dictated to Briggs a furious answer in her own native tongue, repudiating Mrs. Rawdon Crawley altogether […]'

  • 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.

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Origin

verb

First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”).