单词 | repudiate |
释义 | re·pu·di·ate (rĭ-pydē-āt′) tr.v. re·pu·di·at·ed, re·pu·di·at·ing, re·pu·di·ates 1. To reject the validity or authority of: "Chaucer ... not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it" (Joyce Carol Oates). 2. To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust: repudiated the accusation. 3. To refuse to recognize or pay: repudiate a debt. 4. a. To disown (a child, for example). b. To refuse to have any dealings with. [Latin repudiāre, repudiāt-, from repudium, divorce.] re·pudi·a′tive adj. re·pudi·a′tor n. |
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