Definition of
Repudiate
- (verb, communication) cast off
The parents repudiated their son - (verb, cognition) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
- (verb, communication) refuse to recognize or pay
- (verb, communication) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
- (verb, communication) cast off
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Alternate forms of Repudiate
Derivations: repudiation, repudiative
Hyponyms: abjure, apostatise, apostatize, deny, forswear, rebut, recant, refute, resile, retract, swallow, take back, tergiversate, unsay, withdraw
Origin of the word 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 away, but folk etymology commonly… more
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