| VERB | communication | repudiate, disown, renounce | cast off |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | repudiate | refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid | |
| communication | repudiate | refuse to recognize or pay | |
| communication | repudiate | reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust / unjust / unjust |
| Sounds | riypyuw'diyey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Cast off. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The parents repudiated their son" | |
| Synonyms | disown, renounce | |
| Narrower | abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
| apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | |
| deny | refuse / refuse to accept or believe | |
| refute, rebut | overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof | |
| swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw | take back what one has said | |
| Broader | reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge |
| Spanish | abandonar, renegar, renunciar, repudiar | |
| Catalan | renegar, renunciar, repudiar | |
| Nouns | repudiation | rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid |
| Meaning | refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" | |
| Broader | reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge |
| Adjectives | repudiative | rejecting emphatically |
| Nouns | repudiation | refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities) |
| Meaning | refuse to recognize or pay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "repudiate a debt" | |
| Broader | refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
| Nouns | repudiation | refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities) |
| Meaning | Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust / unjust / unjust. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She repudiated the accusations" | |
| Broader | deny | declare untrue |
| Adjectives | repudiative | rejecting emphatically |
| Nouns | repudiation | the exposure of falseness or pretensions |
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