Repudiate

Definitions: Repudiate

Repudiate

Verb

1. Cast off or disown: "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son".

2. Refuse to acknowledge or recognize; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement".

Date "repudiate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonym: Repudiate

Synonym: renounce (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Abrogation	Disclaim; (deny); ignore, repudiate; recant; divest oneself, break off.
Dereliction of Duty	Verb: violate; break, break through; infringe; set aside, set at naught; encroach upon, trench upon; trample on, trample under foot; slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail.
Dissent	Verb: dissent, demur; call in question; (doubt); differ in opinion, disagree; say no; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict; (deny).
Exclusion	Xclude, bar; leave out, shut out, bar out; reject, repudiate, blackball; lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside; relegate, segregate; throw overboard; strike off, strike out; neglect; banish; (seclude); separate.; (disjoin).
Negation	Repudiate; set aside, ignore; rebut; (confute); qualify; refuse.
Nonobservance	Discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void; cancel; (wipe off).
Nonpayment	Protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment.
Refusal	Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.
Rejection	Repudiate, scout, set at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away; send to the right about; disclaim; (deny); discard; (eject), (have done with).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Repudiate

English words defined with "repudiate": Campbellite ♦ Repudiating ♦ Unauthorize. (references)

Specialty definitions using "repudiate": Greek Calends ♦ Secret Order. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Political Economy	UNITED KINGDOM	Unions are legally responsible for members' industrial actions, including unofficial strikes, unless union officials repudiate the action in writing. (references)
Women	Morocco	Under Islamic law and tradition, rather than asking for a divorce, a man simply may repudiate his wife outside of court. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Repudiate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 84.62% of the time. "Repudiate" is used about 104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	84.62%	88	35,154
Lexical Verb (base form)	12.5%	13	97,576
Noun (singular)	2.88%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	104	N/A

Expression using "repudiate": repudiate a debt. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "repudiate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		nuk pranoj (decline, deny, differ, disapprove, disclaim, ignore, override, protest, push away, reject, relinquish, renounce, set aside, spurn, throw off, thumb down), nuk njoh, mohoj (abnegate, deny, disaffirm, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, rat, refuse, retract, set aside), hedh poshtë (censure, confute, contradict, controvert, decline, demolish, detrude, disclaim, disprove, dispute, knock out, push aside, rebut, refute, reject, sweep away, turn down, wave aside). (various references)

Arabic		‏نكر (contradict, controvert, deny, deny oneself, disallow, disbelieve, disclaim, gainsay, negate, negative, rebut, recant, renege, renounce, retract, unreel), ‏تنكر (abjure, deny, deny oneself, disavow, disclaim, disguise, disguise oneself, disown, guy, mask, masquerade, mockery, renounce, travesty), ‏تخلى (abandon, assign, cast aside, cede, desist, disgorge, expose, forsake, give up, go back on, hand over, leave, let down, part, quit, release, relinquish, renounce, resign, retreat, shake, shrift, sign away, slough, swear off, throw over, turn one's back on, vacate, waive, walk out on, yield), ‏تبرأ, ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏جحد (deny, disbelieve, odium), ‏إمتنع عن دفع, ‏أطلق زوجته (put away), ‏رفض الاعتراف, ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down). (various references)

Bulgarian		оставям (abandon, confide, desert, drop off, leave, leave behind, let, put, put down, quit, resign, vacate), отричам се от (abjure, deny, disavow, disown, renounce), отричам (abnegate, denounce, disclaim, gainsay, negate, negative, proscribe, renounce, retract, testify against), отритвам (kick aside, spurn), отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast away, cast down, challenge, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, except, exclude, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebuff, rebut, refuse, refute, renounce, scout, set aside, throw back, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), отказвам се от (abandon, abnegate, call off, decline, deny oneself, disavow, discard, disclaim, forwent, give away, give oneself up, give up, jettison, part with, pass up, put away, remise, renounce, retract, surrender, toss over, turn from, turn in, yield), отказвам да платя. (various references)

Chinese		否定 (negate, Negation, repudiated, Repudiating). (various references)

Czech		zavrhnout (cast away, cast off, discard, proscribe, reject, reprobate, throw over), zříci se (abjure, disclaim, give up, relinquish, renounce, waive), zapudit (chase away, drive away), odstoupit od, odmítnout (decline, deny, impeach, kill, rebuff, refuse, reject, renege, repel, repulse, snub, turn down, wave aside), neuznat (disallow, disown). (various references)

Farsi		منکرشدن (Controvert), انکارکردن (Deny, Disclaim, Dispute, Gainsay, Renege, Renounce, Unsay), ردکردن (Balk, Confute, Controvert, Decline, Deny, Disallow, Disapprove, Disavow, Disclaim, Disown, Disprove, Gainsay, Ignore, Impugn, Overrule, Rebuff, Rebut, Refuse, Refute, Rejcet, Repel, Veto). (various references)

French		répudier. (various references)

German		zurückweisen (brush off, disallow, dismiss, overrule, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, return, thrust aside, to rebuff, to rebut, turn away), verstoßen (contravene, disown, infringe, offend, outcast, sin, to outcast), nicht anerkennen (deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown, overrule), abschwören (abjuration, abjure, forswear, renounce). (various references)

Greek		απαρνιέμαι (deny, disavow, renounce), αποκηρύσσω (abjure, abnegate, disavow, disown, recant, renounce), αποβάλλω (abort, cast off, discard, elide, expel, expel from, miscarry, send down, send out 1, shed). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"תכחש (abjure, disavow, recant, renege, renounce, retract), ל�"ת� כר (deny, estrange, ignore, neglect, renounce), ל�"כחיש (deny, disclaim, rebut), לסרב ל�"כיר. (various references)

Hungarian		megtagad (deny, disown, refuse, renounce, to disavow, to disown, to put back, to recant, to refuse, to renounce, to repudiate, withhold), eltaszít (beat off, push off, put away, to abject, to push off, to push out, to repudiate, to stall off). (various references)

Italian		rifiutare (decline, deny, disallow, rebut, refuse, reject, spurn, throw over, turn down, withhold). (various references)

Manx		treigeil (abandon, betray, defect, departure, desert, deviation, evacuate, evacuation, fall away, forsake; repudiation, jilt, lay aside, maroon, rat on, strand, throw over), shaghney (avert, avoid, circumvent, circumvention, defer, deferment, delay, dodge, elude, escape, eschew, evade, obviate, postponement, prevent, renounce, renunciation, shirk, shirking, shun, turn away, varnish), jiooldey (cast off, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dissent, eliminate, exclude, negate, negation, negative, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repudiation, spurn, traverse). (various references)

Pig Latin		epudiateray

Portuguese		repudiar (abjure, disaffirm, disavow, dismissal, forswear, recant, reject, renounce), repelir (abrogate, beat off, fight pollution, foil, put back, rebuff, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, resist, stave off, ward off), rejeitar (cast off, condemn, confute, daff, deny, disapprove, disavow, discard, discern, disclaim, get up the better, negative, overrule, pill, pip, put by, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, renounce, repel, reprobate, repulse, throw out, turn down), negar (abnegate, contradict, debar, deny, disavow, disclaimer, discreditable, disparage, gainsay, negate, negative, sublate, to negate, whittle down, withhold), não reconhecer, não aceitar (refuse, reject), divorciar-se (divorce). (various references)

Romanian		respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), repudia (disavow, disclaim, renounce), refuza (decline, deny, disallow, foreclose, jib at, put back, rebut, refuse, reject, repulse, resist), nega (abjure, challenge, deny, disaffirm, disavow, gainsay, impugn, negate, negative, traverse), dezavua (disavow), abandona (abandon, break off an engagement, deliver up, desert, desolate, drop, expose, forsake, leave, part with, quit, relent, relinquish, renounce, resign, shelve, spare, throw). (various references)

Russian		отрекаться (abdicate, abjure, disclaim, disown, forswear, recant, renege, renounce). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		oterati (drive away, drive off, send away), odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), odbaciti (abandon, cast aside, cast away, disallow, discard, dismiss, leave, off it, reject, repel, repulse, set apart, throw away, toss off), najuriti (dismiss, get the sack). (various references)

Spanish		repudiar (disavow, disown, put away). (various references)

Swedish		förkasta (cast off, denounce, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, jettison, kill, negative, overrule, reject, reprobate, throw overboard, turn down). (various references)

Turkish		reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), tanımamak (abnegate, be unacquainted with, disclaim, disown, not to know, not to recognize, renounce), kabul etmemek (cast to the winds, decline, disapprove, disclaim, gainsay, refuse, reject, rule out, rule smth. out of order, turn thumbs down on, wave aside), inkâr etmek (abnegate, deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, go back on, negate), borçlarını tanımamak, boşamak (divorce), ödememek (bilk, not to pay). (various references)

Ukranian		відхиляти (avert, challenge, divert, ignore, lead off, negative, non-concur, override, reject, repel, ride over, swerve, turn aside), відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negate, negative, non-concur, override, overturn, push back, rebut, reject, reprobate, set aside, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, turn down, wave aside, wave away), зрікатися (abdicate, abjure, abnegate, deny, disclaim, forswear, recant, renege, renegue, renounce, resign). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	infitians, repudiata, repudiatam. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "repudiate": repudiated, repudiates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Repudiate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: redudiate, reprudiate, repudiare, repudiat, repudite, repudlate, repugiate, reputiate, rupudiate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "repudiate" (pronounced rēpyuw"dēā't)
4	-d ē ā' t	irradiate, mediate, radiate.
3	-ē ā' t	abbreviate, affiliate, alleviate, appreciate, delineate, depreciate, deviate, differentiate, emaciate, enunciate, excoriate, expatriate, expiate, expropriate, foliate, glaciate, herniate, humiliate, infuriate, ingratiate, initiate, misappropriate, nauseate, negotiate, obviate, officiate, permeate, recreate, renegotiate, renunciate, repatriate, retaliate, substantiate.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-p-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: depurate, eupatrid, preaudit.
	-2 letters: adepter, diptera, erudite, erupted, partied, peatier, pirated, predate, preedit, reputed, retaped, tapered, updater, uprated.
	-3 letters: aeried, airted, dautie, dearie, depart, depute, derate, diaper, dieter, ideate, paired, pardee, pardie, parted, pedate, perdie, perdue, pereia, petard, pirate, prated, pureed, putrid, reaped, redate, rediae, redipt, reedit, repaid, repeat, repute, retape, retied, teared.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-p-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: eupatridae, repudiated, repudiates.
	+2 letters: pasteurised, pasteurized, reduplicate, vituperated.
	+3 letters: deuteranopia, deuteranopic, disreputable, precautioned, propaedeutic, reduplicated, reduplicates.
	+4 letters: deuteranopias, equiponderant, propaedeutics, recapitulated, reduplicative, superordinate, unappreciated, unpasteurized, unpredictable.
	+5 letters: despiritualize, distemperature, predevaluation, superinsulated, unpredictables, unpremeditated.
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