repudiate

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. verb cast off
  2. verb refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  3. verb refuse to recognize or pay

Etymology

First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

disown, renounce

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