repudiate

Meanings

• Verb

  Refuse to acknowledge or agree to (a debt, obligation, or contract); disown.

  - "He was forced to repudiate his previous statement."
  - "The government refused to repudiate its debt to the IMF."

• Verb

  Reject or renounce (an opinion, belief, or principle); disavow.

  - "She repudiated her earlier stance on gun control."
  - "He repudiated his father's political views."

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Pronunciation

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2. /ɹəˈpjuː.di.eɪt/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

contradict , deny , gainsay , disavow , forswear , welsh

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with repudiate
reprieve , deceive , perceive , conceive , receive

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Variants

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repudiate , repudiated , repudiates , repudiating , repudiator , repudiators

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Forms

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repudiated, repudiating, repudiates, repudiatedly

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Etymology

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From Latin 'repudiare' meaning 'to drive back, reject'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'repudiate' was used frequently during the debt crisis in Greece in 2010.

2. In legal contexts, repudiate is often used in relation to breach of contract.

3. The word repudiate comes from the Latin word 'repudiare', which means 'to drive back'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Rejection: The act of refusing to accept or consider someone or something.

2. Acknowledgment: The act of recognizing the existence or truth of something.

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Quotes

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1. Photographs, the most ubiquitous emblem of mass culture, found an obvious place in Pop Art, and were embraced by those intent on "repudiating" the preciosity of action painting.

   - Naomi Rosenblum,{it}A World History of Photography{/it},1989

2. When witnessing abuse, boys will identify with the seemingly powerful father who appears to be a "winner" and will "repudiate" the mother, who seems to be the "loser."

   - Constance Adler,{it}Shape{/it},September 1993

3. Voters in Myanmar … appeared today to have sharply "repudiated" their military rulers and to have given a landslide victory to the main opposition party …

   - Steven Erlanger,{it}New York Times{/it},29 May 1990

4. Three weeks after the agreement was made and before any specifications were submitted, the buyer "repudiated" the agreement.

   - John D. Calamari and Joseph M. Perillo,{it}The Law of Contracts{/it},1987

5. During the Algerian war of independence, the United States had also "repudiated" France's claimed right to attack a town in neighboring Tunisia that succored Algerian guerrillas …

   - Christopher Hitchens,{it}Harper's{/it},February 2001

6. While a wife could divorce her husband only for good reason … a husband could "repudiate" his wife without giving any reason …

   - Albert Hourani,{it}A History of the Arab Peoples{/it},1991

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Culture

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In literature, repudiate has been used in various contexts, such as in political speeches, love stories, and legal texts. In music, it has been used as a title in songs by artists like Elvis Costello and John Mayer.

How to Memorize "repudiate"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of turning away or rejecting something. Imagine yourself refusing to acknowledge or agree to a debt or obligation.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of rejection or refusal. Think of a time when you had to reject an offer or idea.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Rejected Pudding' to remember the meaning of repudiate. Rejected = Re, Pudding = Pud, and 'ate' is the verb ending.

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