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repudiate
verb
1 repudiate
Cast off:
— The parents repudiated their son.
synonyms: disown, renounce.
Roget 773:
fail,
neglect,
omit,
elude,
evade,
give the go-by to,
set aside,
ignore;
shut one's eyes to,
close one's eyes to.
infringe,
transgress,
violate,
pirate,
break,
trample under foot,
do violence to,
drive a coach and six through.
discard,
protest,
repudiate,
fling to the winds,
set at naught,
nullify,
declare null and void;
cancel
etc.
(wipe off)
552.
retract,
go back from,
be off,
forfeit,
go from one's word,
palter;
stretch a point,
strain a point.
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Roget 927:
violate;
break,
break through;
infringe;
set aside,
set at naught;
encroach upon,
trench upon;
trample on,
trample under foot;
slight,
neglect,
evade,
renounce,
forswear,
repudiate;
wash one's hands of;
escape,
transgress,
fail.
call to account
etc.
(disapprobation)
932.
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Roget 808:
not pay
etc.
807;
fail,
break,
stop payment;
become insolvent,
become bankrupt;
be gazetted.
protest,
dishonor,
repudiate,
nullify,
refuse payment.
pay under protest;
button up one's pockets,
draw the purse strings;
apply the sponge;
pay over the left shoulder,
get whitewashed;
swindle
etc.
791;
run up bills,
fly kites.
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Roget 55:
be excluded from
&c.;
exclude,
bar;
leave out,
shut out,
bar out;
reject,
repudiate,
blackball;
lay apart,
put apart,
set apart,
lay aside,
put aside;
relegate,
segregate;
throw overboard;
strike off,
strike out;
neglect
etc.
460;
banish
etc.
(seclude)
893;
separate
etc.
(disjoin)
44.
pass over,
omit;
garble;
eliminate,
weed,
winnow.
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Roget 610:
reject;
set aside,
lay aside;
give up;
decline
etc.
(refuse)
764;
exclude,
except;
pluck,
spin;
cast.
repudiate,
scout,
set at naught;
fling to the winds,
fling to the dogs,
fling overboard,
fling away,
cast to the winds,
cast to the dogs,
cast overboard,
cast away,
throw to the winds,
throw to the dogs,
throw overboard,
throw away,
toss to the winds,
toss to the dogs,
toss overboard,
toss away;
send to the right about;
disclaim
etc.
(deny)
536;
discard
etc.
(eject)
297,
(have done with)
678.
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Roget 489:
dissent,
demur;
call in question
etc.
(doubt)
485;
differ in opinion,
disagree;
say no
etc.
536;
refuse assent,
refuse to admit;
cavil,
protest,
raise one's voice against,
repudiate;
contradict
etc.
(deny)
536.
have no notion of,
differ toto caelo [Lat.];
revolt at,
revolt from the idea.
shake the head,
shrug the shoulders;
look askance,
look askant†.
secede;
recant
etc.
607.
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Roget 756:
abrogate,
annul,
cancel;
destroy
etc.
162;
abolish;
revoke,
repeal,
rescind,
reverse,
retract,
recall;
abolitionize†;
overrule,
override;
set aside;
disannul,
dissolve,
quash,
nullify,
declare null and void;
disestablish,
disendow†;
deconsecrate.
disclaim
etc.
(deny)
536;
ignore,
repudiate;
recant
etc.
607;
divest oneself,
break off.
countermand,
counter order;
do away with;
sweep away,
brush away;
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs;
scatter to the winds,
cast behind.
dismiss,
discard;
cast off,
turn off,
cast out,
cast adrift,
cast out of doors,
cast aside,
cast away;
send off,
send away,
send packing,
send about one's business;
discharge,
get rid of
etc.
(eject)
297;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
sack [Slang].
cashier;
break;
oust;
unseat,
unsaddle;
unthrone†,
dethrone,
disenthrone†;
depose,
uncrown†;
unfrock,
strike off the roll;
disbar,
disbench†.
be abrogated
&c.;
receive its quietus;
walk the plank.
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Roget 536:
deny;
contradict,
contravene;
controvert,
give denial to,
gainsay,
negative,
shake the head.
disown,
disaffirm,
disclaim,
disavow;
recant
etc.
607;
revoke
etc.
(abrogate)
756.
dispute;
impugn,
traverse,
rebut,
join issue upon;
bring in question,
call in question
etc.
(doubt)
485;
give the lie in his throat,
give one the lie in his throat.
deny flatly,
deny peremptorily,
deny emphatically,
deny absolutely,
deny wholly,
deny entirely;
give the lie to,
belie.
repudiate
etc.
610;
set aside,
ignore
etc.
460;
rebut
etc.
(confute)
479;
qualify
etc.
469;
refuse
etc.
764.
recuse [Law].
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2 repudiate
Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid.
3 repudiate
Refuse to recognize or pay.
4 repudiate
Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust.
Dutch: ontkennen
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