repudiate

Meanings

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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

accept, own up

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