repudiate

repudiate
v
1. reject, disavow, forswear, renounce, (usu. under oath) abjure, disclaim; recant, retract, recall, unsay; deny, contradict, gainsay.
2.Law. disaffirm; nullify, annul, declare null and void, void, invalidate, cancel; abrogate, rescind, revoke; quash, set aside, overrule, veto, override, overturn, reverse, repeal, countermand; set at naught, dissolve, abolish, dismiss.
3. cast off, disown, abandon, discard; wash one's hands of, have nothing further to do with, turn one's back on, Inf. have no truck with.
4. disapprove, condemn; oppose, contravene, protest, object, demur, refuse assent, disagree; refute, disprove, confute.
5. ignore, disregard, neglect, slight; flout, spurn, scout, scorn, hold in contempt; evade, dishonor, refuse to honor; transgress, violate, disobey.

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  • repudiate — re·pu·di·ate /ri pyü dē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to disavow or reject an obligation (as a debt) or duty (as performance under a contract); specif: to indicate an inability or unwillingness to perform as promised under (a contract) re·pu·di·a·tor /… …   Law dictionary

  • repudiate — re‧pu‧di‧ate [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt] verb [transitive] LAW to state that a contract, agreement, sale etc is no longer effective: • This would be a breach of a condition which would enable the hirer to repudiate the contract. * * * repudiate UK US… …   Financial and business terms

  • Repudiate — Re*pu di*ate ( ?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repudiated} ( ? t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repudiating}.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re re + pudere to be ashamed.] [1913 Webster] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • repudiate — 1540s, to cast off by divorce, from adj. meaning divorced, rejected, condemned (mid 15c.), from L. repudiatus, pp. of repudiare to divorce or reject, from repudium divorce, rejection, from re back, away + pudium, probably related to pes /ped foot …   Etymology dictionary

  • repudiate — 1 spurn, reject, refuse, *decline Analogous words: renounce, *abjure: *forgo, forbear, eschew, sacrifice Antonyms: adopt Contrasted words: *acknowledge, own, admit, avow, confess: embrace, espouse (see ADOPT) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • repudiate — [v] reject; turn one’s back on abandon, abjure, apostatize, banish, be against, break with, cast, cast off, cut off, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disacknowledge, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit,… …   New thesaurus

  • repudiate — ► VERB 1) refuse to accept or be associated with. 2) deny the truth or validity of. 3) chiefly Law refuse to fulfil or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt). 4) archaic disown or divorce (one s wife). DERIVATIVES repudiation noun… …   English terms dictionary

  • repudiate — [ri pyo͞o′dē āt΄] vt. repudiated, repudiating [< L repudiatus, pp. of repudiare, to put away, divorce < repudium, separation, a divorce < re , away, back + base of pudere, to feel shame] 1. to refuse to have anything to do with; disown… …   English World dictionary

  • repudiate — repudiable, adj. repudiative, adj. repudiator, n. /ri pyooh dee ayt /, v.t., repudiated, repudiating. 1. to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim. 2. to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son. 3. to reject with… …   Universalium

  • repudiate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin repudiatus, past participle of repudiare, from repudium rejection of a prospective spouse, divorce, probably from re + pudēre to shame Date: 1545 1. to divorce or separate formally from (a woman) 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • repudiate — UK [rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt] / US [rɪˈpjudɪˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms repudiate : present tense I/you/we/they repudiate he/she/it repudiates present participle repudiating past tense repudiated past participle repudiated formal 1) to say formally… …   English dictionary

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