Repudiate - English meaning

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun

Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.

Usage examples:

She sings and sways with total abandon

verb

Forsake; leave behind

verb

Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim).

Usage examples:

Mps were urged to abjure their jacobite allegiance

verb

To say formally or publicly that you no longer agree with a belief or way of behaving

Usage examples:

He abjured his religion/his life of dissipation.

idiom

Bar from attention or consideration

phrasal verb

Dismiss something as being unimportant or not worth consideration; disregard something.

Usage examples:

He brushed aside attacks on his policies

phrasal verb

To refuse to give importance to an opinion or request, or to someone who expresses one

Usage examples:

Duke brushed aside suggestions that his campaign was finished.

verb

Deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite.

Usage examples:

The survey appears to contradict the industry's claims

verb

(of people) to state the opposite of what someone has said, or (of one fact or statement) to be so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong

Usage examples:

Her testimony contradicted the policeman’s testimony, and the jury had to decide who was telling th…

verb

(of people) to say the opposite of what someone else has said, or (of one fact or statement) to be so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong

Usage examples:

If you're both going to lie, at least stick to the same story and don't contradict each other!, con…

verb

Deny the truth of (something).

Usage examples:

Subsequent work from the same laboratory controverted these results

verb

To say or show that something is not true

Usage examples:

This theory was subsequently controverted by several researchers in the same field.

verb

State that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of.

Usage examples:

Both firms deny any responsibility for the tragedy

verb

To say that something is not true

Usage examples:

The governor denied reports that he will resign., [ + that clause ] she has denied that she plans t…

verb

It is true

Usage examples:

There's no denying that this has been a difficult year for the company.

verb

Abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.

Usage examples:

We feel our public representatives have deserted us

noun

A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand.

Usage examples:

The desert of the sinai peninsula is a harsh place

adjective

Like a desert.

Usage examples:

Overgrazing has created desert conditions

verb

Deny any responsibility or support for.

Usage examples:

The union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence

verb

To say that you know nothing about or have no responsibility for something

Usage examples:

He disavowed his earlier confession to the police.

verb

To say that you know nothing about something, or that you have no responsibility for or connection with something

Usage examples:

They were quick to disavow the rumour., she tried to disavow her past.

verb

Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded

noun

A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Caught by bottom-trawling, which causes damage to the seabed, and is part of a complex mixed fisher…

verb

Anything that is cast aside

verb

Refuse to acknowledge; deny.

Usage examples:

The school disclaimed any responsibility for his death

verb

To say you are not responsible for or do not know anything about something

Usage examples:

The officers disclaimed any knowledge of the incident.

verb

To state that you are not legally responsible for something

Usage examples:

Disclaim responsibility/liability for sth a restaurant may disclaim responsibility for loss or dama…

verb

Order or allow to leave; send away.

Usage examples:

She dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road

verb

To decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering

Usage examples:

Let’s not dismiss the idea without discussing it., the teacher dismissed the class early.

verb

To remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong

Usage examples:

Dismiss sb for sth salespeople may be dismissed for many reasons, the most common of which is poor …

verb

Refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with.

Usage examples:

Lovell's rich family had disowned him because of his marriage

verb

To make it known that you no longer have any connection with someone that you were closely connected with

Usage examples:

It's a story set in the last century about a girl whose parents disowned her when she married a for…

noun

A disagreement or argument.

Usage examples:

A territorial dispute between the two countries

verb

Argue about (something).

Usage examples:

The point has been much disputed

noun

An argument or disagreement

Usage examples:

[ c ] management and the union are trying to resolve the dispute over working conditions., her skil…

verb

Agree to give up or do without.

Usage examples:

The country has not forsworn nuclear weapons

verb

To make a serious decision to stop doing something

Usage examples:

To forswear all violence

verb

Deny or contradict (a fact or statement).

Usage examples:

The impact of the railways cannot be gainsaid

verb

To refuse to accept something as the truth

Usage examples:

Certainly there's no gainsaying (= it is not possible to doubt) the technical brilliance of his per…

phrasal verb

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

phrasal verb

To stop doing or to stop having something

Usage examples:

He gave up jogging after his heart attack., although behind in the chess match, he refused to give …

phrasal verb

To stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult

Usage examples:

She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to…

verb

Make ineffective; nullify.

Usage examples:

Alcohol negates the effects of the drug

verb

To show something to be wrong or to be the opposite of what was thought, or to cause something to have no effect

Usage examples:

The increase in sales was negated by the rising cost of materials.

verb

Claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.

Usage examples:

He had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends

verb

Say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical.

Usage examples:

Heretics were burned if they would not recant

verb

Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.

Usage examples:

These claims have not been convincingly refuted

verb

Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.

Usage examples:

Union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award

noun

A person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

verb

To refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone

Usage examples:

The school rejects a third of all applicants., as a child, she had felt rejected by her mother., in…

verb

Formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).

Usage examples:

Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the french crown

verb

To say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Gandhi renounced the use of violence.

verb

To say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Her ex-husband renounced his claim to the family house., gandhi renounced the use of violence.