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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
repudiates, repudiating, repudiated |
| definition 1: |
to reject completely as invalid or untrue.
They repudiated the religious beliefs of their childhood.- synonyms:
- abjure, deny, disavow, disclaim, forswear, renounce
- antonyms:
- accept, adopt, confirm, embrace, espouse
- similar words:
- denounce, gainsay, negate, refute, reject
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| definition 2: |
to separate oneself from; divorce or disown.
In anger, she repudiated her heirs.- synonyms:
- disown, reject, renounce, spurn
- antonyms:
- join
- similar words:
- abandon, abjure, deny, desert, disavow, disclaim, disdain, divorce
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| definition 3: |
to refuse to be bound by.
The striking ballplayers repudiated their contract.- synonyms:
- abandon, abdicate, desert, reject, renounce
- similar words:
- abjure, denounce, disobey, disregard, flout, oppugn, spurn, violate
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| related words: |
abandon, belie, denounce, deny, desert, disavow, disclaim, exclude, object, ostracize, quash, refuse, revoke, scorn, violate, void |
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| derivations: |
repudiable (adj.), repudiative (adj.), repudiation (n.), repudiator (n.) |
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