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repudiatere‧pu‧di‧ate /rɪˈpjuːdieɪt/ verb [transitive] formal repudiateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of repudiare ‘to end a marriage’, from repudium ‘divorce’ VERB TABLErepudiate |
Present | I, you, we, they | repudiate | | he, she, it | repudiates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | repudiated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have repudiated | | he, she, it | has repudiated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had repudiated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will repudiate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have repudiated |
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Present | I | am repudiating | | he, she, it | is repudiating | | you, we, they | are repudiating | Past | I, he, she, it | was repudiating | | you, we, they | were repudiating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been repudiating | | he, she, it | has been repudiating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been repudiating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be repudiating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been repudiating |
- Government officials were urged to repudiate the treaty.
- The book repudiates all the racist stereotypes about black women.
- Craxi repudiated the allegations and Chiesa himself subsequently claimed that his own testimony to magistrates had been distorted.
- Despite being repudiated, condemned and persecuted, Nazarean teachings continued to survive, for much longer than is generally suspected.
- He fails to persuade Hindus to repudiate the divisive and unjust social caste system.
- No answer was offered by Freud about why men and women seem to repudiate the feminine.
- The expenditure was subsequently repudiated by the Colonial Office and the villa was turned into a fine hotel with a station alongside.
- The racial challenge could not be either repudiated or accommodated without sacrificing cherished beliefs.
NOUN► contract· The distinction is important because breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate the contract and claim damages.· Unfortunately, because of the delay, Major Anson repudiated the contract to buy G-AECB.· It was submitted that the intention of the defender to repudiate the contract must be proved.· The buyer did not repudiate the contract but pressed for early delivery. 1to refuse to accept or continue with something SYN reject: He repudiated all offers of friendship.2to state or show that something is not true or correct: The book repudiates the racist stereotypes about black women.—repudiation /rɪˌpjuːdiˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |