'Repudiate' definitions:
Definition of 'repudiate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" [syn: disown, renounce, repudiate]
verb
Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
verb
Refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"
verb
Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"
Definition of 'Repudiate'
From: GCIDE
- Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (r[-e]*p[=u]"d[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repudiated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. [1913 Webster]
- Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. --Prynne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. [1913 Webster]
- His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repudiate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abjure,
- abrogate,
- apostatize,
- assert the contrary,
- back down,
- back out,
- backwater,
- ban,
- bar,
- bar out,
- be unmoved,
- be unwilling,
- beg off,
- belie,
- blockade,
- brush aside,
- cast,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- climb down,
- contemn,
- contest,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- count out,
- counter,
- crawfish out,
- cross,
- cut off,
- debar,
- decline,
- decline to accept,
- default,
- deny,
- desert,
- despise,
- disaffirm,
- disagree,
- disallow,
- disapprove,
- disavow,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discount,
- disdain,
- dishonor,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- disprove,
- dispute,
- disregard,
- dissent,
- eat crow,
- eat humble pie,
- embargo,
- except,
- exclude,
- forgo,
- forsake,
- forswear,
- freeze out,
- gainsay,
- hold out against,
- ignore,
- impugn,
- join issue upon,
- keep out,
- leave out,
- levant,
- lock out,
- negate,
- negative,
- not accept,
- not admit,
- not buy,
- not consent,
- not hear of,
- not pay,
- not think of,
- nullify,
- omit,
- oppose,
- ostracize,
- pass by,
- pass over,
- pass up,
- preclude,
- prohibit,
- protest,
- push aside,
- rat,
- rebuff,
- recant,
- refuse,
- refuse consent,
- refuse to admit,
- refuse to consider,
- refuse to pay,
- refute,
- reject,
- relegate,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repel,
- reprobate,
- repulse,
- rescind,
- resist entreaty,
- resist persuasion,
- retract,
- reverse,
- revoke,
- say nay,
- say no,
- scorn,
- scout,
- send to Coventry,
- shove away,
- shut out,
- spurn,
- stand aloof,
- stop payment,
- swallow,
- taboo,
- take back,
- take issue with,
- tergiversate,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- turn,
- turn away,
- turn down,
- turn out,
- unsay,
- vote nay,
- vote negatively,
- waive,
- welsh,
- withdraw