repudiate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
2. (transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
3. (transitive) To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
4. (intransitive) To be repudiated.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Repudiated by a husband, divorced.
2. (obsolete) Repudiated after betrothal or engagement.
3. (obsolete) Set aside, rejected.

Noun

A divorced wife.

Opposite of

requite

Synonyms

renounce

deny

reject

disavow

disown

disclaim

abjure

refuse

turn down

divorce

recant

abandon

discard

cast off

expel

spurn

repel

controvert

rebuff

dismiss

negate

conceal

disaffirm

annul

desolate

desert

🏜️

castaway

jilt

forfend

denied

cashier

abrogate

denial

deflect

break contact

decline

drive back

drive away

cut off

block

drop

abort

fend

fend off

fight off

fob off

ditch

give up

dissemble

countermand

Translations

repudiar

répudier

renunciar

αποκηρύσσω

désavouer

ablehnen

rechazar

verwerpen

reddetmek

ontkennen

abjurer

rifiutare

verloochenen

renoncer

απαρνούμαι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/

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”).