English Explanatory Dictionary

repudiate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
  2. To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
  3. To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
  4. To be repudiated.
adj
  1. Repudiated by a husband, divorced.
  2. Repudiated after betrothal or engagement.
  3. Set aside, rejected.
noun
  1. A divorced wife.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/ /ɹəˈpjuː.di.eɪt/ en-us-repudiate.ogg en-au-repudiate.ogg

Word forms

repudiate repudiates repudiating repudiated more repudiate most repudiate

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

abjure deny disavow disclaim disown forsay forswear renounce repudiate wash one's hands of contradict gainsay refudiate welsh

Antonyms

accept own up requite

Related words

cast off swear off

Derived words

refudiate repudiation repudiative repudiator repudiatory

Translations

Arabic: تَبَرَّأَ Bulgarian: отричам се Finnish: kieltäytyä olemasta missään tekemisissä Finnish: sanoutua irti German: verleugnen German: verstoßen German: sich distanzieren German: zurückweisen German: sich verweigern Greek: απορρίπτω Hungarian: tagad Latin: repudiō Macedonian: се о́ткаже Macedonian: о́дбие Polish: wyrzec się Polish: wyprzeć się Russian: отрека́ться Spanish: repudiar Spanish: desconocer Turkish: inkâr etmek
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