英语词汇“repudiate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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To repudiate something is to reject it, or to refuse to accept or support it. If you grow up religious, but repudiate all organized religion as an adult, you might start spending holidays at the movies, or just going to work.

This verb usually refers to rejecting something that has authority, such as a legal contract, doctrine, or claim. In connection with debts or other obligations, repudiate is used in the specialized sense "to refuse to recognize or pay." If referring to a child or a lover, repudiate is used in the sense "to disown, cast off." This verb is derived from Latin repudiare "to put away, divorce."

WORD FAMILY

repudiate: repudiated, repudiates, repudiating, repudiation, repudiative+/repudiation: repudiations

USAGE EXAMPLES

In Somalia, commanders of the al-Shabaab movement ruthlessly eliminated pro-Isis factions that wanted to repudiate the group’s five-year-old allegiance to al-Qaida.

The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016)

Protests from the US and UN prompted him to turn to China for support, repudiating the long-standing US alliance.

The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016)

Bill Clinton specifically repudiated Huntington’s thesis when it was first excerpted in Foreign Policy, in 1994.

The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016)

1v refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

The woman repudiated the divorce settlement

Hyper

reject

refuse to accept or acknowledge

2v refuse to recognize or pay

repudiate a debt

Hyper

decline, refuse

show unwillingness towards

3v reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

She repudiated the accusations

Hyper

deny

declare untrue; contradict

v cast off

The parents repudiated their son

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

disown, renounce

apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate

abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw

take back what one has said

rebut, refute

overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

deny

refuse to accept or believe

abnegate

deny or renounce

contradict, controvert, oppose

be resistant to

answer

give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

reject

refuse to accept or acknowledge

单词	repudiate
释义	repudiate (once / 995 pages) 1v 2v To repudiate something is to reject it, or to refuse to accept or support it. If you grow up religious, but repudiate all organized religion as an adult, you might start spending holidays at the movies, or just going to work. This verb usually refers to rejecting something that has authority, such as a legal contract, doctrine, or claim. In connection with debts or other obligations, repudiate is used in the specialized sense "to refuse to recognize or pay." If referring to a child or a lover, repudiate is used in the sense "to disown, cast off." This verb is derived from Latin repudiare "to put away, divorce." WORD FAMILY repudiate: repudiated, repudiates, repudiating, repudiation, repudiative+/repudiation: repudiations USAGE EXAMPLES In Somalia, commanders of the al-Shabaab movement ruthlessly eliminated pro-Isis factions that wanted to repudiate the group’s five-year-old allegiance to al-Qaida. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Protests from the US and UN prompted him to turn to China for support, repudiating the long-standing US alliance. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) Bill Clinton specifically repudiated Huntington’s thesis when it was first excerpted in Foreign Policy, in 1994. The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1v refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid The woman repudiated the divorce settlement Hyper reject refuse to accept or acknowledge 2v refuse to recognize or pay repudiate a debt Hyper decline, refuse show unwillingness towards 3v reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust She repudiated the accusations Hyper deny declare untrue; contradict 2 v cast off The parents repudiated their son Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper disown, renounce apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate abandon one's beliefs or allegiances abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw take back what one has said rebut, refute overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof deny refuse to accept or believe abnegate deny or renounce contradict, controvert, oppose be resistant to answer give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) reject refuse to accept or acknowledge
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