repudiate

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Pronunciation

/rɪˈpjuːdieɪt/(rih-PYOO-dee-ayt)

Part of speech

verbformal

Chinese

拒绝接受；否认；驳斥

Definition

To refuse to accept, deny the truth of, or reject with disapproval.

Word family

  • repudiation/rɪˌpjuːdiˈeɪʃən/(n)否认

Collocations

  • repudiate a claim
  • repudiate violence
  • repudiate allegations
  • publicly repudiate

Examples

  1. 1.The president publicly repudiated the extremist group's views. (rejected strongly)
  2. 2.He repudiated the allegations as baseless lies. (denied and rejected)

Synonyms

  • reject/rɪˈdʒɛkt/— refuse to accept
  • denounce/dɪˈnaʊns/— publicly condemn
  • disavow/ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ/— deny connection to

Etymology

from Latin "repudiare" = to divorce, reject — "repudium" = divorce — casting away