Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (r[-e]*p[=u]"d[i^]*[=a]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 cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to
renounce; to reject.
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Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care.
--Prynne.
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2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman
one has promised to marry.
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His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not
long afterward. --Bolingbroke.
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3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the
State has repudiated its debts.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repudiate
v 1: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents
repudiated their son" [syn: {disown}, {renounce},
{repudiate}]
2: refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The
woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
3: refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"
4: reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the
accusations"
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