tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To reject the validity or authority of: “Chaucer . . . not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it” (Joyce Carol Oates).
2. To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust: repudiated the accusation.
3. To refuse to recognize or pay: repudiate a debt.
4. 1. To disown (a child, for example).
   2. To refuse to have any dealings with.

[Latin repudiāre, repudiāt-, from repudium, divorce.]

repudiative re·pu'di·a'tive adj.
repudiator re·pu'di·a'tor n.

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verb

To refuse to recognize or acknowledge: deny, disacknowledge, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, renounce. Idioms: turn one's back on. See accept/reject.

v

Definition: reject; turn one's back on
Antonyms: acknowledge, admit, approve, confirm

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IN BRIEF: Disown; refuse to accept or pay. Also: To refuse to have anything to do with.

Chaucer... not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it. — James Joyce

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fordømme, tage afstand fra, protestere imod

Nederlands (Dutch)
niet erkennen, afwijzen

Français (French)
v. tr. - renier, répudier, repousser, rejeter, (Jur) refuser d'honorer (un contrat)

Deutsch (German)
v. - zurückweisen, verstoßen, nicht anerkennen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποκηρύσσω, απαρνούμαι, αποκρούω, απορρίπτω, καταδικάζω

Italiano (Italian)
ripudiare, negare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - repudiar

Русский (Russian)
отречься, отвергнуть

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - repudiar, rechazar, negarse a cumplir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förneka, förskjuta, tillbakavisa

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
与...断绝关系, 否认, 否定, 驳斥, 批驳

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 與...斷絕關係, 否認, 否定, 駁斥, 批駁

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 거절하다, 이행을 거절하다, 이혼하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 退ける, 拒否する, 履行を拒む, 支払いを拒む, 離婚する, と縁を切る, 離縁する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطلق زوجته, يتبرأ, يجحد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התכחש, הכחיש, דחה, ניער חוצנו מ-, התנכר, סירב להכיר, התגרש‬

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