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repudiating

Meanings
  • Verb

    Refusing to acknowledge or accept something, typically a promise or agreement.

Synonyms

contradict , deny , gainsay , disavow , forswear , welsh
Rhymes
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rejuvenating , reprieving , deceiving
Variants
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repudiate , repudiated , repudiates , repudiating , repudiator , repudiators
Forms
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repudiated, repudiating, repudiates, repudiatedly

Etymology
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From the Latin word 'repudia' meaning 'renounce' or 'reject'.

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  1. The term 'repudiating' is often used in legal contexts, particularly in reference to the rejection of a contract or agreement.

  2. The term comes from the Latin word 'repudia', which means 'renounce' or 'reject'.

  3. Repudiating is an important concept in international law, particularly in relation to the rejection of treaties or agreements between nations.

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

  2. Renunciation: The act of giving up or abandoning something.

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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Repudiating has been used extensively in legal and political contexts, particularly in reference to the rejection of treaties or agreements. In literature, it has appeared in works such as Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' and Melville's 'Moby-Dick'.

How to Memorize "repudiating"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine someone tearing up a signed agreement or contract.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word with the idea of refusing or rejecting.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a phrase such as 'Repudiate's the past, I won't accept that!'

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