repudiate
Plural: repudiates
Verb
- cast off
- "The parents repudiated their son"
- refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
- "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
- refuse to recognize or pay
- "repudiate a debt"
- reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
- "She repudiated the accusations"
- To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
- To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
- To be repudiated.
Adj
- Repudiated by a husband, divorced.
- Repudiated after betrothal or engagement.
- Set aside, rejected.
Noun
- A divorced wife.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
disown, renounce, ;, abjure, contradict, deny, disavow, disclaim, forsay, forswear, gainsay, refudiate, repudiate, wash one's hands of, welsh
Antonyms
accept, own up
Scrabble Score: 12
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