repudiated

Meanings

• Verb

  Refusing to acknowledge or agree to a claim or debt.

  - "The debtor was unable to pay his debts and was therefore repudiated by the creditors."
  - "The government repudiated the peace treaty, leading to war."

• Verb

  Rejecting or renouncing an opinion or belief.

  - "The politician was forced to repudiate his previous statements."
  - "The scientist repudiated the theory that was widely accepted in his field."

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Synonyms

contradict , deny , gainsay , disavow , forswear , welsh

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with repudiated
repudiated , depliated , expiated , complicated

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Variants

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repudiate , repudiated , repudiates , repudiating , repudiator , repudiators

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Forms

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repudiates, repudiating, repudiatedly, repudiatedness

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'repudiare' meaning 'to reject, abandon, or renounce'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'repudiated' is often used in legal contexts, particularly in bankruptcy proceedings.

2. In some cases, a debtor may be able to avoid repudiating a debt if they can prove that they were unable to pay it due to circumstances beyond their control.

3. The term 'repudiated wife' was used in medieval England to refer to a woman who had been rejected by her husband and was therefore no longer entitled to his protection or support.

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Related Concepts

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1. Default: A situation where a debtor fails to fulfill their obligations as agreed in a contract.

2. Renunciation: The act of giving up or abandoning a claim, belief, or duty.

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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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The word 'repudiated' has been used in various literary works, including 'The Scarlet Letter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne and 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville. It has also been used in music, such as the song 'Repudiated' by The Distillers.

How to Memorize "repudiated"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person refusing to acknowledge a debt or an opinion. Visualize the situation and the emotions involved.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'repudiated' with the idea of rejection or renunciation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: R - Refusing, Rejecting; P - Payment, Promise; I - Ignoring, Ignoring; D - Debts, Denying; I - Ideas, Invalidation; A - Agreements, Abandoning; T - Treaties, Termination; E - Errors, Eliminating; D - Disagreements, Disowning.

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