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repudiate
What does repudiate mean?
repudiate (verb): to reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce repudiate?
/ɹiˈpjudiˌeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does repudiate come from?
First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to repudiate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “repudiate” mean?
to reject the truth or validity of; to deny
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to fall end over end; to roll over and over
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make more cheerful through the use of color
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots
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